Pictures of German Life in the 15th, 16th, and 17th Centuries (Vol. 1&2‪)‬

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Volume 1:

Scenes from the Hussite War (1425):

Emigration of Germans to the east after the thirteenth century

Contrast of the Bohemians…

A German Lady of the Royal Court:

Life at Court

The last of the Luxemburgers

The Hungarian Crown...

A Travelling Student:

Characteristics of the fifteenth century

Introductions in the sixteenth century

The Latin schools, the children of the people as scholars…

The Mental Struggles of a Youth, and his Entrance into a Monastery (1510):

The church

Brotherhoods; Indulgences...

Out of the Cloister into the Struggle (1522):

The storm among the people

Luther's popularity

Narrative of Johann Kessler...

Doctor Luther (1517 to 1546):

Three letters to the Pope

Luther as a writer

Activity of his latter years...

German Princes at the Imperial Diet (1547):

Luther and Charles V.

The Roman Empire

Weakness of the Imperial power

Alliance of the German opposition with France...

A Burgher Family:

Insight into the lower circles of German life

Social superiority of the Protestant provinces...

The Marriage and Housekeeping of a Young Student:

Position of women in the middle ages

Marriage considered as an alliance between families...

Of a Patrician House (1526 to 1598):

Hans Schweinichen's account of the riches of the Fuggers...

German Nobility in the Sixteenth Century:

False position in the nation

Transition to modern life...

German Ideas of the Devil in the Sixteenth Century...

Volume 2:

The Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648)

Life and Manners of the Soldiers

The Villagers and their Pastors

Clippers of Money and Public Opinion

The Cities

The Peace (1650)

Rogues and Adventurers

Engagement and Marriage at Court (1661)

Of the Homes of German Citizens

German Life at the Baths in the Seventeenth Century

Jesuits and Jews

The Wasunger War (1747)…