The Private Life of an Early Modern Teenager
A Nuremberg Lutheran Visits Catholic Louvain (1577)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven Ozment (Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-43 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036319909602100103 |
| OpenAlex | W2169230857 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Sebald Welser (1557-1589), the Lutheran son of a Nuremberg patrician, visited the Catholic University of Louvain in 1577 for a semester in pursuit of his legal studies. While there, he became caught up in the spectacular Catholic culture of the southern Netherlands and the fast-breaking political events surrounding the collapse of the Spanish occupation. During the year, he kept a diary in which his experiences are recorded, not the least of which were his kissing a monstrance at the annual procession of the Eucharist in Brussels and his buying an indulgence at St. Michael's Church in Louvain. Thanks to the survival of his diary, that seemingly contradictory behavior can be explained and the mental world of a sixteenth-century teenager illuminated
Ancient history · Art · Eucharist · Humanities · Indulgence · Political science · Politics · Procession · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · German History and Society · History · Law · Literature and Cultural Memory · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |