The Martial Ethic in Early Modern Germany: Civic Duty and the Right of Arms

For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigates how men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides, and how masculine identity was confirmed with blades and guns.

Author: B. Tlusty
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/29/2011
Pages: 388
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780230576568

About the Author
B ANN TLUSTY Professor of History at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA. Her publications include Bacchus and Civic Order: The Culture of Drink in Early Modern Europe (2001) and the co-edited collection The World of the Tavern: Public Houses in Early Modern Europe (2002), as well as numerous articles on gendered behaviours including drinking, duelling, gambling, and fraud.