Beat Kümin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1107678 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beat Kümin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beat |
| FAMILY NAME | Kümin |
| SIGNATURE | KÜMIN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0547-7444 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Peasant Portraits. Rural Self-Representations in the German Lands Since the Middle Ages
This article examines self-representations of peasant communities in the German lands since the Middle Ages. It focuses on two well-documented contexts of collective expression: key political ideals in the records of imperial villages (i.e., rural polities without an intermediate territorial lord) on the one hand, and shared cultural meanings emerging from numerous writings as well as objects deposited in the tower spheres of prominent buildings …
The Talk of the Town: Information and Community in Sixteenth-Century Switzerland, by Carla Roth
Journal Article The Talk of the Town: Information and Community in Sixteenth-Century Switzerland, by Carla Roth Get access The Talk of the Town: Information and Community in Sixteenth-Century Switzerland, by Carla Roth (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022; pp. xv + 191. £75). Beat Kümin Beat Kümin University of Warwick, UK [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0547-7444 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Googl…
Ronald G. Asch, Vor dem großen Krieg. Europa 1598–1618. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2020
Article Ronald G. Asch, Vor dem großen Krieg. Europa 1598–1618. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2020 was published on April 1, 2021 in the journal Historische Zeitschrift (volume 312, issue 2)
Nachrichten für die Nachwelt. Turmkugelarchive in der Erinnerungskultur des deutschsprachigen Europa
Dieser Aufsatz untersucht den weitverbreiteten Brauch, Chroniken und Objekte in die Turmkugeln (bzw. -knäufe/-knöpfe) bedeutender sakraler und profaner Gebäude wie Pfarrkirchen, Kapellen, Ratshäuser und Schlösser zu legen. Hoch über städtischen und ländlichen Siedlungen, in einer liminalen Position zwischen Himmel und Erde, lagern diese Archive als latente Ressourcen der lokalen Gedächtniskultur. Neu entdeckt und ergänzt in einem Rhythmus „absich…
Wirtshäuser auf dem Prüfstand: Zur sozialen Ambivalenz öffentlicher Trinkkulturen in der Frühen Neuzeit
Surveying perceptions and repercussions of early modern public drinking, this essay discusses, first, the general consumption framework c.1400–1800; second, evidence for excess and links to crime; third, economic and cultural services. While problems of sources and perspective complicate assessments, it is suggested that – compared to more recent times – the ambivalent picture includes distinctive factors such as the greater social and fiscal rel…
Catholicism Decentralized: Local Religion in the Early Modern Periphery
Expanding upon recent work on the heterogeneity of Catholicism and the challenges facing Tridentine reformers, this article examines local religion in two "extreme" settings: the village republic of Gersau in Central Switzerland and the missionary territory of the Custody of the Holy Land. Following conceptual remarks, the authors sketch the distinct secular contexts as well the phased evolution of localized networks for the administration of the…
Interpreting Early Modern Europe
The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350–1750, I: Peoples and Place, and II: Cultures and Power, ed. Hamish Scott
This is a weighty synthesis of the state of scholarship on early modern Europe. Aimed at an advanced audience of graduate students and researchers, it repays close engagement with its rich and dense contents. Book titles and cover illustrations signal the overarching thematic (rather than chronological) structure of the work: Volume I (divided into three parts: ‘Fundamentals’, ‘Societies and Economies’ and ‘Churches, Faiths and Beliefs’) carries …
Political Space in Pre-industrial Europe
"Social and cultural studies are experiencing a 'spatial turn'. Micro-sites, localities, empires as well as virtual or imaginary spaces attract increasing attention. In most of these works, space emerges as a social construct rather than a mere container. This collection examines the potential and limitations of spatial approaches for the political history of pre-industrial Europe. Adopting a broad definition of 'political', the volume concentrat…
Reformations Old and New: The Socio-Economic Impact of Religious Change, C. 1470-1630
This collection of essays examines the practical impact of religious change in Central and North Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. It focuses on the effects of reform on clergy, church resources, ecclesiastical patronage, education and poor relief. The title reflects the elementary conclusion that there was no one monolithic experience of ’Reformation’, that initiatives were taken for very different reasons, and that they displaye…
The Strait Gate: Thresholds and Power in Western History
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The Penguin History of Europe . Volume V: Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517–1648 , by Mark Greengrass
This is a weighty book with a big thesis: that the period usually demarcated by the indulgence affair and the Peace of Westphalia saw the demise of the (western) Christendom ‘project’ and the emergence of a ‘projection’ called Europe; in other words, the transformation of a belief community into a geographical notion. Over the course of one-and-a-half centuries, preoccupations with sovereignty and reasons of state superseded the medieval ideal of…
Rural Autonomy and Popular Politics in Imperial Villages
Late medieval sources record over a hundred imperial villages without a territorial overlord. Apart from representation in the diet, their constitutional status resembled that of imperial free cities. Only a handful survived the early modern pressures of state formation and territorialisation. This essay examines the political culture and external relations of five rural communities which retained immediate ties to the emperor until the end of th…
Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-industrial Europe: Methodological Approaches to Spatiality, ed. Marko Lamberg, Marko Hakanen and Janne Haikari
This stimulating collection, edited by Marko Lamberg, Marko Hakanen and Janne Haikari offers a broad survey of spatial approaches to pre-modern Finland as part of the composite state of Sweden. Written by twenty emerging and senior scholars, in a mixture of individual and co-authored contributions, the volume—emerging from a research project on early modern ‘Political Culture and Strategies of Influence’ supported by the Academy of Finland—focuse…
Poor Relief in England 1350–1600
Marjorie Keniston McIntosh (2012), xiii+352, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, £60.00/$99.00 This major new study examines the evolution of English poor relief from the Black Deat
Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain
Natalie Mears. and Alec Ryrie., eds. Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain. St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013. xi + 250 pp. $124.95. ISBN: 978–1–4094–2604–2. - Volume 66 Issue 4
At Home and in the Workplace: A Historical Introduction to the “Spatial Turn
This introduction places the forum contributions in the wider context of the “spatial turn” within the humanities and social sciences. Following a survey of the historical trajectories of the field, a review of impulses from different disciplines, and a sketch of general developments over the last few decades, the editors exemplify key approaches, methods, and conceptual advances with reference to gender studies. The focus then turns to the struc…
Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire
This article reviews six essay collections and one monograph on late medieval and early modern political culture in the Holy Roman Empire. Following a general survey of historiographical trends and a discussion of the specific contributions of the works under review (covering topics from international relations, state formation and the role of language to representative assemblies and the exercise of power in towns and villages), it attempts a pr…
Public houses and civic tensions in early modern Bern
This article examines the delicate relationship between the civic privilege of wine retailing and the constitutional emphasis on order in a city republic. Burghers appreciated the revenues from beverage sales, while urban authorities worried about destabilizing effects. In the context of state formation, Bern claimed control over public houses throughout its territory, but closer analysis suggests that socio-economic and political interests were …
A Pleasing Sinne: Drink and Conviviality in 17th-Century England
Communal Christianity: The Life and Loss of a Peasant Vision in Early Modern Germany By David Mayes
Third Workshop on Early Modern German History
Third Workshop on Early Modern German History: German Historical Institute, London 22 October 2004 Get access Beat Kümin Beat Kümin University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 23, Issue 2, April 2005, Pages 232–236, https://doi.org/10.1191/0266355405gh338xx Published: 01 April 2005
Drinking and Public Space in Early Modern German Lands
This paper explores the relationship between drinking and public space in early modern Bavaria (Germany) and Bern (Swiss Confederation). Contemporaries drank alcohol mainly on sociable occasions and in public houses. Due both to mounting demand (greater spatial mobility) and to supply (potentially high income for publicans), the number of establishments increased between 1500 and 1800. Most emerged near markets and thoroughfares. Closer analysis …
Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Richard W. Unger. Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. xviii + 320 pp. index. append. illus. tbls. map. bibl. $45. ISBN: 0-8122-3795-1. - Volume 58 Issue 3
The Devil's Altar? Crime and the Early Modern Public House
Was the early modern public house really such a dangerous place, as Puritan preachers (and many historians) suggested? This article discusses offences by publicans and patrons. It argues that the evidence for crime needs to be carefully contextualised and that taverns could stabilise as well as threaten the social order
At Home and in the Workplace: A Historical Introduction to the “Spatial Turn
This introduction places the forum contributions in the wider context of the “spatial turn” within the humanities and social sciences. Following a survey of the historical trajectories of the field, a review of impulses from different disciplines, and a sketch of general developments over the last few decades, the editors exemplify key approaches, methods, and conceptual advances with reference to gender studies. The focus then turns to the struc…
Useful To Have, But Difficult To Govern. Inns and Taverns in Early Modern Bern and Vaud
This essay examines the significance of inns and taverns in the early modern period. Drawing above all on a series of registers from the French and German lands of the Swiss Republic of Bern, the discussion is presented in two parts. A first section investigates structural aspects such as ownership, clientele, and the remarkably multifunctional character of these establishments. The second part illustrates the continuing growth in provision durin…
Late Medieval Churchwardens' Accounts and Parish Government: Looking beyond London and Bristol
This contribution reviews a number of contested issues in the historiography of the late medieval English parish. In contrast to views expressed by Clive Burgess in a recent article in this journal, it is argued that the reliability of churchwardens' accounts cannot be judged in a general manner, but depends on the specific questions historians want answered. While offering reliable insights into ordinary financial transactions made by churchward…
Petitions, Gravamina and the early modern state: Local influence on central legislation in England and Germany (Hesse)
In this article Beat Kümin and Andreas Würgler make a comparative study of how the peoples in early modern England and Hesse used their acknowledged rights to present petitions and grievances to exercise a real influence on the process of legislation, and even over administration in general. They could on occasion, virtually initiate legislation from below. The article illustrates the unusually wide scope and usage of the petition in England, hel…
Penitential Bequests and Parish Regimes in Late Medieval England
The orthodoxy which dismissed the pre-Reformation parish as the point where the many failings of the Church met to blight ordinary lives has exercised a tenacious grip on the historical imagination. Current opinion, on the other hand, perceives the parish as deserving of inquiry, not least because of a dawning realisation that it was a point where managerial expertise and a noteworthy buoyancy of spirit intersected. Ostentatious programmes of chu…
Theorien kommunaler Ordnung in Europa
Gemeinden gehören zum Grundbestand politischer Institutionen in der Geschichte Europas. Wie dieser Tatbestand in der politischen Theorie, in den Gesellschaftslehren, in der Rechtswissenschaft und in der christlichen Theologie reflektiert worden ist, wird in diesem Band von Historikern, Politologen und Juristen untersucht. So entsteht ein Grundriß der Theorien politischer Ordnung von der Antike bis in die Moderne.
Petitions, Gravamina and the early modern state: Local influence on central legislation in England and Germany (Hesse)
In this article Beat Kümin and Andreas Würgler make a comparative study of how the peoples in early modern England and Hesse used their acknowledged rights to present petitions and grievances to exercise a real influence on the process of legislation, and even over administration in general. They could on occasion, virtually initiate legislation from below. The article illustrates the unusually wide scope and usage of the petition in England, hel…
From the Communal Reformation to the Revolution of the Common Man
From the Communal Reformation to the Revolution of the Common Man brings together important studies related to a coherent interpretation of the Reformation and the Peasants War of 1525 as a mass movement, rooted in the structures of the communities of towns and villages. The volume presents both detailed studies from the archives and conceptualized essays.
Shorter notice. The Women of the Catholic Resistance in England, 1540-1680. LB Cormack
Journal Article Shorter notice. The Women of the Catholic Resistance in England, 1540-1680. LB Cormack Get access B Kümin B Kümin University of Bern, Switzerland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 456, April 1999, Pages 435–436, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.456.435-a Published: 01 April 1999
Useful To Have, But Difficult To Govern. Inns and Taverns in Early Modern Bern and Vaud
This essay examines the significance of inns and taverns in the early modern period. Drawing above all on a series of registers from the French and German lands of the Swiss Republic of Bern, the discussion is presented in two parts. A first section investigates structural aspects such as ownership, clientele, and the remarkably multifunctional character of these establishments. The second part illustrates the continuing growth in provision durin…
Remapping Early Modern England: The Culture of Seventeenth-Century Politics
Krieg und Frieden im Ubergang vom Mittelalter zur Neuzeit: Theorie - Praxis - Bilder/Guerre et paix du moyen age aux temps modernes: theorie - pratiques - representations
Journal Article Krieg und Frieden im Übergang vom Mittelalter zur Neuzeit: Theorie – Praxis – Bilder/Guerre et paix du moyen âge aux temps modernes: théorie – pratiques – représentations Get access Beat Kümin Beat Kümin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2002, Pages 101–102, https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/16.1.101 Published: 01 March 2002
The Devil's Altar? Crime and the Early Modern Public House
Was the early modern public house really such a dangerous place, as Puritan preachers (and many historians) suggested? This article discusses offences by publicans and patrons. It argues that the evidence for crime needs to be carefully contextualised and that taverns could stabilise as well as threaten the social order
Late Medieval Churchwardens' Accounts and Parish Government: Looking beyond London and Bristol
This contribution reviews a number of contested issues in the historiography of the late medieval English parish. In contrast to views expressed by Clive Burgess in a recent article in this journal, it is argued that the reliability of churchwardens' accounts cannot be judged in a general manner, but depends on the specific questions historians want answered. While offering reliable insights into ordinary financial transactions made by churchward…
Third Workshop on Early Modern German History
Third Workshop on Early Modern German History: German Historical Institute, London 22 October 2004 Get access Beat Kümin Beat Kümin University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 23, Issue 2, April 2005, Pages 232–236, https://doi.org/10.1191/0266355405gh338xx Published: 01 April 2005
Drinking and Public Space in Early Modern German Lands
This paper explores the relationship between drinking and public space in early modern Bavaria (Germany) and Bern (Swiss Confederation). Contemporaries drank alcohol mainly on sociable occasions and in public houses. Due both to mounting demand (greater spatial mobility) and to supply (potentially high income for publicans), the number of establishments increased between 1500 and 1800. Most emerged near markets and thoroughfares. Closer analysis …
Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Richard W. Unger. Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. xviii + 320 pp. index. append. illus. tbls. map. bibl. $45. ISBN: 0-8122-3795-1. - Volume 58 Issue 3
A Pleasing Sinne: Drink and Conviviality in 17th-Century England
Communal Christianity: The Life and Loss of a Peasant Vision in Early Modern Germany By David Mayes
Public houses and civic tensions in early modern Bern
This article examines the delicate relationship between the civic privilege of wine retailing and the constitutional emphasis on order in a city republic. Burghers appreciated the revenues from beverage sales, while urban authorities worried about destabilizing effects. In the context of state formation, Bern claimed control over public houses throughout its territory, but closer analysis suggests that socio-economic and political interests were …
Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire
This article reviews six essay collections and one monograph on late medieval and early modern political culture in the Holy Roman Empire. Following a general survey of historiographical trends and a discussion of the specific contributions of the works under review (covering topics from international relations, state formation and the role of language to representative assemblies and the exercise of power in towns and villages), it attempts a pr…
Poor Relief in England 1350–1600
Marjorie Keniston McIntosh (2012), xiii+352, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, £60.00/$99.00 This major new study examines the evolution of English poor relief from the Black Deat
Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain
Natalie Mears. and Alec Ryrie., eds. Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain. St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013. xi + 250 pp. $124.95. ISBN: 978–1–4094–2604–2. - Volume 66 Issue 4
At Home and in the Workplace: A Historical Introduction to the “Spatial Turn
This introduction places the forum contributions in the wider context of the “spatial turn” within the humanities and social sciences. Following a survey of the historical trajectories of the field, a review of impulses from different disciplines, and a sketch of general developments over the last few decades, the editors exemplify key approaches, methods, and conceptual advances with reference to gender studies. The focus then turns to the struc…
Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-industrial Europe: Methodological Approaches to Spatiality, ed. Marko Lamberg, Marko Hakanen and Janne Haikari
This stimulating collection, edited by Marko Lamberg, Marko Hakanen and Janne Haikari offers a broad survey of spatial approaches to pre-modern Finland as part of the composite state of Sweden. Written by twenty emerging and senior scholars, in a mixture of individual and co-authored contributions, the volume—emerging from a research project on early modern ‘Political Culture and Strategies of Influence’ supported by the Academy of Finland—focuse…
Rural Autonomy and Popular Politics in Imperial Villages
Late medieval sources record over a hundred imperial villages without a territorial overlord. Apart from representation in the diet, their constitutional status resembled that of imperial free cities. Only a handful survived the early modern pressures of state formation and territorialisation. This essay examines the political culture and external relations of five rural communities which retained immediate ties to the emperor until the end of th…
Political Space in Pre-industrial Europe
"Social and cultural studies are experiencing a 'spatial turn'. Micro-sites, localities, empires as well as virtual or imaginary spaces attract increasing attention. In most of these works, space emerges as a social construct rather than a mere container. This collection examines the potential and limitations of spatial approaches for the political history of pre-industrial Europe. Adopting a broad definition of 'political', the volume concentrat…
Reformations Old and New: The Socio-Economic Impact of Religious Change, C. 1470-1630
This collection of essays examines the practical impact of religious change in Central and North Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. It focuses on the effects of reform on clergy, church resources, ecclesiastical patronage, education and poor relief. The title reflects the elementary conclusion that there was no one monolithic experience of ’Reformation’, that initiatives were taken for very different reasons, and that they displaye…
The Strait Gate: Thresholds and Power in Western History
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
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