In:
Daphnis, Brill, Vol. 47, No. 1-2 ( 2019-03-05), p. 285-312
Abstract:
In 1633 the armies of Wallenstein and the united armies of Saxony, Brandenburg and Sweden met in front of the city of Schweidnitz. Instead of fighting a battle, a truce was agreed on August 22. On this day, one of the Protestants’ hopes, Prince Ulrich of Denmark, fell victim to an attack. And in the enclosed city hunger and plague raged for weeks. How these two events were treated or even ignored in contemporary newsletters, and how poets interpreted the events, is presented here. Analyzed texts stem from Daniel Czepko and the Lutheran preacher Friedrich Scholtz, who wrote an epic poem in honor of Schweidnitz.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0300-693X
,
1879-6583
DOI:
10.1163/18796583-04701006
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
121258-8
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1481780-9
SSG:
7,20
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