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02698aam a2200445 i 4500 001 DC648998166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191204010031 008 190702t20192019nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019026433 020 $a 158046968X 020 $a 9781580469685 035 $a (OCoLC)1091587767 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a PT246 B89 2019 100 1 $a Brugh, Patrick $e author. 245 10 $a Gunpowder, masculinity, and warfare in German texts, 1400-1700 / $c Patrick Brugh. 264 1 $a Rochester, NY : $b University of Rochester Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xv, 255 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Changing perspectives on early modern Europe 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a A tale of two suits of armor -- Of Hussites and haystacks, of questions and cannons -- Textbook war : the genealogy of KriegsbuÌcher -- Gunpowder dilemmas and loaded peace in Fronsperger's Kriegsbuch -- Depicting gunpowder in German military broadsheets (1630-32) -- Gustav Adolf's gunpowder demise -- The aesthetics of gunpowder in seventeenth-century German war novels -- Cavalier endings in Happel's Der insulanische Mandorell (1682). 520 $a "Guns have been linked with masculinity in the European imagination since their earliest days. Focused on early modern German texts, including military manuals, poems, novels, and broadsheets, this book traces the cultural history of gunpowder in German-speaking lands from the Hussite Wars to the Thirty Years War. As the destructive capacity and military tactical value of gunpowder became more evident to European peoples over time, writers--especially German ones--expressed increasing anxiety about their disruptive potential for ideals of warrior masculinity, martial ethics, and the aesthetic foundations of war stories"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a German literature $y Early modern, 1500-1700 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a German literature $y Middle High German, 1050-1500 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Military art and science in literature. 650 0 $a Firearms in literature. 650 0 $a Weapons in literature. 650 0 $a Masculinity in literature. 650 0 $a War in literature. 650 0 $a Gunpowder $x History. 650 0 $a Military art and science $z Germany $x History. 830 0 $a Changing perspectives on early modern Europe 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317025428.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200303022707.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC648998166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search