Index
abandonment/abandoned
44, 46, 51, 76â77, 85, 113, 121, 128, 144, 192â93, 195, 198â99
accord (military)
75, 128â29, 184, 201
tenuousness of
30, 193, 206
action
5, 7â8, 21, 23, 61, 76â77, 83â84, 87, 96, 105, 115, 119, 123, 149, 162, 164, 167, 205, 210, 214, 216, 219, 226, 229, 232â33
collective/group
157â58, 160â61, 164, 170â72, 181
Godâs
203â4
individual
160, 170, 197
legal
158â59, 93
military
5, 27, 35, 59, 73â75, 125
official
80, 87, 89
panicked
144
afterlife
194, 219â20
agency
7, 120
Aichach
95
aimlessness
44â46
air
cleansing of
102, 107
good air
107
Albrecht, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (r. 1639â1667)
19
Albrecht, Dieter
21n.51
Aldringen, Johann von (1588â1634)
13, 147
Alte Veste (Old Fortress)
14, 72
Altenhohenau (Dominican convent)
48n.72
Altentrüdingen
172
Altmühl River
29, 53
Altomünster (Brigidine convent)
167
Altötting, Blessed Lady of
60
Amberg
Rentamt
21, 78, 97n.76
Amelang, James S.
24n.2, 25n.7
Ammerndorf
173â74, 176â77
Ammersee
36 fig. 9, 36â37, 143, 161
Anastasia (Poor Clare nun, Angerkloster, Munich)
51â52, 56
Andechs (Benedictine abbey)
36â37, 54â55, 66, 68, 143, 149, 161, 221
Angerkloster (Poor Clares convent)
39n.43, 50, 52, 56â57, 60, 124, 130, 144, 222
Ansbach
18â19, 40
antagonism
147
religious/confessional
56â57, 123, 206, 234
between soldiers and peasants
69
anxiety
30â33, 35, 37, 39, 45, 110, 169
dread; fear; fright; horror; terror; trauma
and daring
170
Apianus, Peter (1495â1552)
226
apocalyptic mode
192â93, 220
army/ies
10, 35, 42, 53â55, 67, 69, 77, 110, 112, 120, 134, 141, 145, 158, 179, 210
militias; troops
allied
113, 159
Bavariaâs
66
of Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
58, 65, 147, 166, 199
Catholic
49n.74
composition of
42
contributions for
94, 164n.139, 209
and the countryside
39
criticism of
147â48
cruelty/brutality of
58, 91, 95, 159
draft
78n.2
feeding of
14, 61, 74â75, 81â82, 121
Hessian
166
imperial
13, 72
imperial-Bavarian
137
joining of
55
lack of payment
162
marauding
100, 218
mercenary
77n.20, 78n.22
passage
71, 194
peasant resistance
157â58
plundering
96
Protestant Union
19
and religion
56, 65n.129
routes
27
size
12, 14, 53
Spanish
95, 106, 108
standing
75
starved
112
Swedish
14, 65, 72, 76, 102, 204n.245
Swedish-French
73, 96
of Tilly
11
of Wallenstein
11, 14
wintering/quarters
71, 88â89, 194
Artzt, Franciscus
172â73, 175
Asche, Matthias
4n.13, 43n.57
Astrologica
122n.174, 139
Au
45, 96
Augsburg
8, 14, 39n.43, 55â56, 71, 82, 88, 102n.95, 127â30, 136, 144â45, 178, 181, 183, 223
Augsburg Confession (1530)
19, 174, 188
Augsburg diocese
48n.72, 55, 125, 145
Augsburg Recess (1530)
18n.39
Auslauf (leaving)
205â7
Austrian Habsburgs
10
authorities see government
autobiographical accounts/narratives/texts/writings
8, 24â26, 28, 133, 160, 177, 180, 199, 202, 219, 222n.299
ego-documents; (personal) narratives/accounts
communal dimension of
26
autobiography
24â26
characteristics of
26
Bachmann-Medick, Doris
4n.11, 52n.89
Bahlcke, Joachim
5n.17, 43n.57
Bamberg
13, 31 fig. 7, 32, 38, 57, 60â62, 71, 76, 121, 125â27, 131, 138, 141â42, 154â56, 60, 162â63, 168, 178, 183, 225â27, 229
bishopric
16, 19
leadership
154n.110, 156, 178, 180
prince bishop of
125â27, 155, 185n.195
and witchcraft
212
banishment
43â44, 58, 189
baptism(s)
110, 166, 206, 220
barbarity
58, 60, 67, 69, 158, 223
Barton, Walter
134n.36â37
Bauerreiss, Romuald
116n.153
Bavaria
5n.16, 7â10, 13â14, 16, 19, 20 fig. 5, 21â23, 27, 49n.78, 56, 58, 67, 70â73, 75â76, 78, 81, 84, 87â89, 91â94, 97, 100, 102, 113â16, 118â19, 121n.172, 125, 128, 132, 144â45, 147â48, 150, 157, 159, 161, 199, 207, 212â14, 225, 230, 233
Bavarian army see troops
Bavarian circle
16
Bavarian countryside
96, 107
Bavarian Forest
44, 214â16
invasion of
71
Lower Bavaria (Bavaria-Landshut)
20, 147
and pestilence
102â9
Rentämter
20 fig. 5, 21
Bavarian Swabia
102n.95
territorial estates
22
Upper Bavaria (Bavaria-Munich)
20, 35
witchcraft in
212â13
beggar(s)
72, 83, 91â94, 96, 99
closet-poor
100
employed in fortifications
92
foreign
90â92, 94â96
sturdy
92
unworthy
99
begging
46, 54, 92, 97, 99, 150â51, 153, 173, 175
abolition of
93
expedition (terminey)
149â51, 153
legitimate
92
authorities attuned to local needs
100
ordinances
91â94, 97, 99â100
prohibition of
92
regulation of
90, 94
Behringer, Wolfgang
6n.19, 53n.91, 133n.33, 134n.36, 212â13
Beineke, David
121â22
Benedictines
26, 37, 44â45, 49, 54â55, 58, 66, 68â69, 76, 125, 130, 132, 144â48, 151, 154, 161, 164, 179â80, 182, 185, 221, 223
Berlin-Hohenzollern line
19
Beyer-Fröhlich, Marianne
171n.158
Bireley, Robert
21â23
blasphemy
107, 115, 207, 215, 217
also cursing
blessings (magic practice)
211, 214â15, 217
Blickle, Renate
159
Bog, Ingomar
16n.35
Bogen
33
Bohemia/Bohemian
9â10, 135, 214
Bohemian War (1618â1620)
18
Book of Concord (1580)
19
booty
76, 121
Bötzinger, Martin
177
Bourdieu, Pierre
151n.103
Bouwsma, William J.
28n.13
Brady, Thomas A. Jr.
2n.6
Brandenburg
12, 19
Brandenburg-Ansbach
7, 16, 18â19, 41, 46, 83, 112, 114, 158, 166, 172, 204â5, 208â9
consistory
172â73, 194, 201, 208
political dynamics
119
Brandenburg-Bayreuth
126, 183
Brändle, Fabian
24n.1
Brandschatzung/Brandsteuer (fire tax)
75, 79
Braunau
73n.10, 104n.103, 132
bravery
77, 170â71
courage
Brecht, Bertold (1898â1956)
236
Brednich, Rolf W.
135n.39
Breitenfeld
13, 71
Battle at (17 Sep 1631)
13
Briegel, Manfred
43n.57
broadsheet(s)
8, 14, 133, 135
Brockdorff, Silvia Gräfin von
125n.6
Brownmiller, Susan
41n.49â50, 42n.55
Bücher, Karl
134n.37, 135n.39 and 41, 139n.60
Buchner, Franz X.
149n.95, 165n.145, 168n.152, 171n.159, 207n.252
Bülow, Johann
61
Burghausen
159
Rentamt
21, 97n.76, 159
Burke, Peter
217
Burkhardt, Johannes
3â4, 6, 9n.22, 12n.28, 188n.200
Calvinist(s)/Calvinism
9, 12, 15, 19, 57, 61, 63, 189n.202, 224, 228
Lutheran-Calvinist divide
12
recognition in Peace of Westphalia
15
cannibalism (reports/rumors)
53â54, 56
Capuchin(s)
63â65, 104n.102, 116, 130, 179, 199â201, 216, 223â25
Capuchin monastery (Landshut)
38n.41, 65
care
24, 39, 53, 58, 65, 92, 113, 124, 174, 223, 226
healthcare
100â101, 104â5, 108, 113
lack of
163
spiritual care
104, 112, 176
taking care of the poor
93â94, 96, 99â101
Carolina (1532 law code)
41n.51
catastrophe
1n.2, 109, 146
disaster
catechism class
114â16, 176, 208, 214â15, 217
Catherine of Siena (1347â1380)
229
Catholic(s)/Catholicism
8â10, 12, 15, 18â19, 22â23, 37â38, 46, 57â59, 61â62, 119, 126â27, 129, 138, 140â41, 154â55, 158, 162, 166, 171, 180n.182, 186â87, 195â97, 201, 203n.243, 205â7, 211â13, 216, 218â19, 223â26, 228, 230, 233â34
alliance
13, 15, 225
armies
49n.74, 147
Church (Roman)
12, 171n.160, 225
clergy
41, 46, 57, 176, 205, 216
mass
168, 205
newspapers
138, 140
poor relief
90n.57
Catholic League
9â11, 18, 71, 204n.245
changeability of life
46â47
charity, Christian
94
cheerfulness
222
humor; laughter
censorship
136n.47, 140
(Lake) Chiemsee
35
childbirth, rigors of
204
children
19, 33â34, 40â41, 46, 54, 56n.98, 66â67, 74, 76, 88, 113, 115â16, 132â33, 157, 161, 170â71, 181, 200, 202, 204, 215, 223
chores (daily)
26, 48, 51, 220
Chrisman, Miriam Usher
90n.56
Christian IV, king of Denmark (r. 1588â1648)
10â11
Christian, margrave of BrandenburgâBayreuth (also Brandenburg-Kulmbach) (r. 1603â1655)
19
chronicle
8, 26, 35, 38â39, 46n.67, 48n.73, 51n.81, 109n.123, 110n.129, 127n.11, 134n.38, 160, 201, 205, 228
church
use as stable
56, 58, 61, 64â65
citizen(s)/citizenry
30, 32n.26, 60â61, 76, 85, 91, 96, 104, 106, 109, 115, 118, 125, 156â57, 159, 185, 193, 220, 235
criticism of their leadersâ retreat
121
and fortifications
72, 74
and negotiations
80n.29
and protection
40, 75â76, 156
resistance
67
ruin/suffering of
56, 58, 62, 88, 108, 130, 193
sense of abandonment/loss of trust
77, 121
city
12â13, 18, 30, 32, 61, 64â65, 72â76, 82â83, 88, 91â92, 124â30, 132, 140â41, 145, 154, 163, 165, 168â69, 171, 176, 178, 180â81, 184â85, 202, 210, 223â25, 233
and countryside
8, 27, 91â92, 115, 190
court city (Munich)
8, 23, 72â73, 96, 105, 109
dangers of overcrowded cities
40
defense of
76, 168
devastation and plundering in and around/ threat of
56, 60, 62, 67, 204, 225
fortifications
72â73
expulsion
46
flights into
39, 43, 48, 50, 63n.123, 76, 91, 95, 130, 144, 163, 185
flight of leadership
121
imperial city
16, 18, 21, 71, 85, 110â11, 160n.129, 177, 193
occupation of
60, 63, 73, 75, 129â30
and pestilence
92, 103â11
and poor relief
95â96, 100
university city
72
civilians
42, 65, 110
civility
156, 230
cleanliness
105, 107, 113
clergy
114, 123, 130, 132, 139, 143, 171, 199, 201, 205, 232
destitution of
175
discord between central authorities and local clergy
119
and epidemics
132
exploitation by
118
and afterlife
220
and catechism class
116
negotiations of
80n.29
in protective disguise
32n.23, 46, 165
religious formation
216, 221
rural
173
sparing of
30
spiritual aids
186, 194â95, 197, 199
and superstition
214
and acts of survival
233
Clever, Adolph
226
coexistence
5â6, 201, 206
comet
46n.67, 219
comet of 1618
219
comfort
44, 67, 114, 125â26, 156, 169, 179, 186, 188â89, 193â95, 197n.224, 198â99, 204, 207, 210, 218, 220, 233
consolation
communication(s)
128, 134, 139, 142, 146
information; media; news
exchanges
87, 91, 104
history of
5
limits of
48
oral networks
139, 141, 143
revolution
133
systems of
134, 139, 141, 148
community
26, 74, 80, 82, 108, 120, 133, 140, 145, 167, 170â71, 178â79, 184, 186, 203, 210, 213, 219n.287, 233
disruption of
179â80
monastic/religious
27, 29, 34, 38n.41, 39, 47â48, 50â52, 67, 123â26, 130, 145, 153, 156, 178â81, 183, 189, 201, 207, 223
companionship
123, 179, 225
fellowship
complexity
of communications system
134, 141
of dynamics and behaviors
5, 57, 84, 229, 233
of experiences
27
of the warâs image
233, 235
political
19â20
of reality/peopleâs situation
120, 126, 158, 177, 207
of relationship between witchcraft and war
212
religious
19, 199, 218
of space
180
compromise
3, 6, 12,
Augsburg (1555)
9
concern(s)
care and concern
24, 47, 56, 58, 120, 127, 130, 153, 156, 187, 223, 226
financial
96, 118, 132, 164
health
96, 104, 121
political
22, 77, 96, 119, 132, 157â60, 187, 209
practical/physical
2, 39, 72, 75, 77, 164â65
social
21, 89, 91â94, 96, 99â100, 117, 218
spiritual
30, 104, 114â15, 215
Conermann, Klaus
58n.106
confession
2, 5, 9, 40, 46, 56, 63, 65, 172, 186, 206, 210â11, 216, 219, 229
Augsburg Confession
and armies
65n.129
navigation between different confessions
65
and politics
62â63
of sins
105, 112, 200
confessional
10, 138, 216, 218â19, 234
antagonism
59, 123, 206, 234
bias/distortion
224, 227
boundaries
218
division
6, 191, 201, 225, 228
identity
188, 190, 210
language
2, 56, 187â88, 192, 229
music
230
transâ
234
violence
56â57
confessionalism
235
conflict, military
1â6, 8â9, 24, 39, 42, 61,70, 75, 102, 123, 143, 152, 186, 188, 190, 201, 215â16, 218, 223, 225, 233, 235â36
Thirty Yearsâ War
conditions of
2
origins of
2
unending
190, 192
victims of
63
views of
4â6, 218, 232
confusion
79, 127, 145, 223, 225
connection(s)
62, 148, 154, 178, 185â86, 234
bond
151, 180, 226, 234
between witch hunts and war
212
consolation
119, 122, 186, 192â93, 195, 199, 217â20
comfort
contagion
104â8, 111n.134
disease; illness; infection; pestilence
control of
104, 113
theory
102
contribution(s)
27, 52â53, 74, 79â81, 88, 90, 94, 98, 118, 151, 154, 164n.139, 209
system
75
Contzen, Adam, S. J. (d. 1636)
22
cooperation
5, 74, 233
coping strategies
141, 232
Cossacks
109n.123
Council of Trent (1545â1563)
45, 171n.160
countryside
8, 27, 71, 89, 91â92, 105, 115, 190, 233
administrators
84
and blasphemy, swearing
115
compliance
209, 213â14, 218
dealing with violence, deprivation
160, 163â64
exhaustion/dearth/suffering
14, 54, 56, 72, 84, 87, 89, 94, 99, 161â62
flights from the
40, 45, 144â45, 185
ministers in
171, 208
and pestilence
104, 107â8, 110, 112â13
and the poor/poor relief
93â94, 97
protection of
163â64
troops marching through/quartering in
69, 83, 86, 88, 96
vulnerability of
72, 81, 93
Coupe, William A.
135n.39
courage
7, 129, 131, 150, 154, 157, 165â68, 170â71, 188, 204, 221
bravery
lack of
147â48
couriers (of news)
138, 140, 143
Creveld, Martin van
14n.31
Critchlow, Donald T.
90n.56
Croats
49, 66, 158, 161, 165
Cubero, JoséâRamón
41n.49
cultural turns
4
Cunningham, Andrew
90n.56
curiosity
58, 181, 223, 225â26, 235
cursing
114â15, 208
blasphemy
Dachau
144
district
167
daily press/literature
32, 133, 136n.47, 137, 139, 146
dancing
114, 117, 208, 214
Dane, Gesa
41n.49
Davies, Mererid Puw
25n.8
Davis, Natalie Z.
90n.56
dearth
35, 52â55, 70, 118, 164, 167n.149, 221, 232
poverty; scarcity
Defenestration of Prague (second, 23 May 1618)
9
Denmark
11
intervention of
10
depletion, economic
56
deprivation
51, 53â55, 69, 88, 90, 106, 121, 129, 152, 160, 177, 204, 220
desertion/deserted
51, 98, 143, 168, 199
of home
44, 98
sense of
121, 164, 198
villages
41
desolation
43, 56, 118, 140, 149, 180, 191, 221
destruction; ruin
despair/desperate/desperation
5, 7, 27, 44, 89, 96, 121, 126, 132, 139, 158, 167n.149, 172, 174, 176â77, 180, 192, 198, 205, 233
despondency
82, 149, 193
destitution
53â54, 56, 100, 172
destruction
1, 5â6, 24, 27, 29, 32, 37, 47â48, 52â53, 56â57, 60â61, 64â65, 67, 91, 97n.76, 117â18, 125, 140, 154, 156, 160, 162, 175, 184, 187, 191â92, 199, 214â15, 218, 223
desolation; ruin
narrative of
223, 234
determination
78, 148n.94, 149, 152â53, 171, 222
devotion
22, 114, 199, 201, 203, 227
devotional literature
220â21, 226
devotional pictures
116
diaries
8, 24n.2, 25â26, 30, 35, 37n.33, 40, 42, 49n.77, 147
diaryâstyle
27, 29
Dienstorfer, Ursula
49â50
Dietwar, Bartolomæus
41, 46, 58, 112, 166â67, 172, 201â6
Dietwar, Regina
202â4
disaster
1, 5, 7, 35, 94, 179, 193, 212, 232â33, 236
catastrophe
anticipation of
35
making sense of
186
natural
137
disease
6, 14, 27, 69, 90â92, 94, 100â102, 105, 109â10, 112n.136, 113, 236
contagion; illness; infection; plague; pestilence
control
7, 70, 90, 105, 107, 109, 232
epidemic
5, 7, 40, 69, 100â101, 105â7, 109, 113, 120
disguise
32, 46, 57, 123, 165, 168
disillusionment
67, 86, 121
dislocation
48
disorder
6, 92, 117, 220
disorientation/disoriented
40, 51â52, 234
displacement
6, 53, 232
disruption
6, 37, 50, 69, 98, 109, 140, 145, 180
of categories
65
Dixon, Scott C.
171n.160
donations
99, 149â52, 178
Donaubauer, Stephan
70n.1
Donauwörth
14, 48n.72, 71, 145
dread
30, 33, 35, 39, 43, 148
fear; fright; horror; terror; trauma
Dressel, Johann, abbot of the Cistercian abbey Ebrach
162â63
Duchy of Bavaria see Bavaria
Duhr, Bernhard
216â17
dynastic
claims
2
goals and ambitions
10, 21
quarreling
2
dysentery
101, 109n.125
Early Modern Europe
2, 3 fig.1, 4, 114
Early modern European studies
5
earthworks
91, 92n.64
Eberhardt, Otto
43n.58
Ebermeier, Werner
49n.74
Ebrach, Cistercian abbey
162
Eckert, Edward A.
101n.87â88, 102â3n.92â96, 109n.124
Edict of Restitution (1629)
12, 15, 192â93
education
116, 171, 221
religious
115â16, 214â17
educational spectrum
217
lack of
215
egoâdocuments
24â25n.2, 26
autobiographical accounts; personal accounts; narratives
Eichstätt
29 fig. 6, 29â30, 35, 71, 124â25, 149, 151, 167, 170â71, 178, 185, 196, 207
bishopric of
16, 19, 71, 149â50, 165, 167â68
Electoral Bavaria see Bavaria
Electoral Saxony
12
Elend see exile
Elizabeth Stuart (1596â1662)
10n.24
Elsmann, Thomas
58n.106
emigration
43
emotions
5
despair; dread; fear; fright
empire see Holy Roman Empire
visions of
3, 12n.28
empirical
newspaper
134n.38
data collection
105
enclosure
44, 125n.4, 145, 181â84
Enders, Christoph
86â87
Endres, Rudolf
71n.2
enemy
30, 33, 35, 37, 39â40, 42, 47, 49, 54, 57â59, 62â67, 69, 71, 74, 76â77, 79, 92, 124, 129, 138, 143, 147â48, 154, 156â57, 160â63, 167â68, 171, 176, 180â81, 188, 193, 195â96, 200, 212, 216, 222â23, 227â28, 230, 235
accord with the
75
complex relationship to the
59, 62â63, 65
confusing dividing lines between enemy and friend
62â63, 65â66, 69, 225
(religious) dominion over
65
encounters beyond the friend-enemy constellation
66
negotiations with
89, 154
occupation
235
positive aspect about the
59â62, 65â67, 69, 86, 155, 174
puzzlement about the
59, 200
ruthless
58â59
troops
10, 39, 53, 59, 65â67, 86, 121, 147â48, 157, 159, 173â74, 180, 204
Engelsing, Rolf
139n.59
England
10, 224
epidemics see disease; illness; infection; plague; pestilence
Erling
36, 54â55, 67, 144, 164
Europe, ruler of
3
European Order
4
European Powers
3
Evangelicals/evangelical
46, 58n.108, 166, 181â82, 188, 193, 195, 205â6, 216, 230
attendance of sermons elsewhere
206
books
205
cause
158, 188
embattled church
188
position/teachings/truth
187â88, 192
Evelein, Johannes F.
43n.57
exile (Elend)
5â6, 41, 43â44, 46, 48, 50â52, 56, 124, , 128, 131, 133, 144â45, 151, 172, 176, 178, 180, 184â85, 189, 201, 204â5, 207, 210, 220, 222â23, 236
Exile of Christ (Exul Christi)
175
and separation
48
temporary vs. permanent
43
experience(s)
6â7, 23â25, 28â29, 31â33, 37, 43, 46, 52â53, 65, 69â70, 76, 80, 177, 185, 194, 199, 201, 222, 232â33, 235
access to
24
brighter
235
of cognitive dissonance (StörâErfahrung)
67
communal
25, 30, 38n.41, 39
complexity/diversity of
1, 5â6, 27â28, 228, 234
of concern and care
24, 223
everyday
4
expressing experiences and its limits
28, 33
of fear
30, 33, 35, 37, 70, 185
homogenous
27
horrific/negative/traumatic/violent
24, 27â28, 30, 42, 44, 46â50, 53, 55, 57â59, 67, 70, 167, 170, 180, 185, 188â89, 194, 198, 201, 203, 212, 232, 235
inconsistency of
24
and observation
102
personal
29â31, 39
of plundering
86, 185
processing of
179â80
of vulnerability
6, 39, 70, 185, 232
of war
4, 70
extortion(s)
53, 55, 75n.16, 183, 232
fairness
21, 100, 117â18
famine
6, 27, 47, 52â53, 55
hunger
fatherland
76â77, 79, 157, 187, 191
fear
6, 28, 30â39, 42â43, 45, 47â48, 50â51, 57, 69â70, 81, 109â10, 113, 125â29, 143, 155, 163, 165, 168â70, 176, 178, 193, 198, 200, 215, 218, 221â22, 228, 232
dread; fright; horror; terror; trauma
as anticipation
35, 43, 45
and audacity
170, 221
as cause for contagion
106
communal
30, 34, 39
in communities off the beaten track
35
depersonalized
39
effects of
48
fearless comportment
170, 224
and flights
124
of God
28n.13, 38â39n.41
inability to express fear
30, 51, 169
individual
30, 33, 35, 38â39
of peasant uprisings
159
of rape
42, 127â28
real or a figure of speech
33
Fehler, Timothy
90n.56
fellowship
179â80
companionship
Ferdinand (1578â1637)
archduke
9
and the Edict of Restitution
12
emperor (Ferdinand II, r. 1620â1637)
12, 15, 22n.54, 71
Ferdinand (1608â1657)
king of Hungary (from 1625)
53
emperor (Ferdinand III, r. 1637â1657)
53
Feuerstein-Herz, Petra
101n.87
Fischer, Helmut
135n.39
Fischer, Michael M. J.
222n.298
Fisher, Alexander
230
Fisher, Jaimey
52n.89
flight(s)/fleeing
7, 35, 37, 39â40, 43â45, 47â48, 66, 76, 78, 81, 85, 94, 96â97, 110, 119, 122â25, 128, 131â33, 144, 157, 164, 179â80, 184â85, 202, 233
decision for or against
85
diverse impact
45
of leaders/administrators
132
mental and physical suffering during
48
foraging
81, 86, 162, 167
looting; plundering
Forchheim (fortress)
71, 77, 121, 125â26, 160, 174, 185n.195
fortification(s)
40, 70â74, 80, 91â92, 118, 143, 168, 232
limited resources for
73
peopleâs unwillingness to build
73
unfit workers for
74
Fracastoro, Girolamo (c. 1467/78â1553)
102
Franciscans (Reformed/Observant)
63â64, 179, 225
François, Etienne
5n.17
Franconia(n)
7â8, 14, 16, 17 fig. 4, 18â20, 41, 46, 56, 58n.106, 60, 70â72, 76, 81, 89, 91, 94, 100, 102, 109, 113, 138, 150n.99, 155n.113, 160n.129, 170, 177, 193, 217, 233
Franconian circle
16, 19
political and religious complexity
19
Franz, Günther
6
Frauenholz, Eugen von
14n.29, 77, 78â79n.22â26
Frauenwörth/Frauenchiemsee (Benedictine abbey)
35, 125
Frederick V (elector of the Palatinate, the âWinter Kingâ; 1596â1632)
9â10
Freising
50, 78
bishopric of
21
(the) French
10, 143
Catholic side
62
Swedish/French armies
67, 73, 96
troops
168, 199
vision of empire
3
Friedberg(ers)
95, 145
Friedensreiter (heralds of peace)
15, 235
Friesenegger, Maurus
26, 36â37, 53â56, 66â69, 76, 132â33, 143â45, 148, 154, 161, 164, 168n.151, 185, 221â22
fright
30, 32â33, 35, 37â40, 48â50, 77, 106, 124, 126, 128n.19, 129, 163, 166â67, 169, 172, 217, 228
dread; fear; horror; terror; trauma
Frölich, Anna Catharina
51, 60, 145, 147
Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft
58n.106, 121, 234
Frühwald, Wolfgang
43n.57
Fuchs von Dornheim, Johann Georg (r. 1623â1633)
126
Fulbrook, Mary
26n.9â10
fumigate/fumigation
104â5, 113
funerals
114, 220
funeral procession
221
Fürleger, Magdalena
49
future
1â2, 74, 77, 203, 210, 236
belief in a better future
177, 221, 223, 231
in the beyond
199
creating a more promising future
40, 185
here on earth
220
hope for a brighter future
222, 231
ruined hopes for the future
55, 68, 210
Gehm, Britta
212
gender
25, 27, 39, 67, 156, 185
gentleness
156
Georg Friedrich, margrave (r. 1556â1603)
19
Germanyâs political path
4
Gerstenberger, Erhard S.
172n.161
gift/gifting
61, 65, 81, 151â53, 200, 226
Ginzburg, Carlo
210n.262
Glaser, Hubert
21n.51
Glaser, Rüdiger
53n.91
Gleichgewichtsstörung (disequilibrium)
52
Glockenschlag/Feuerzeichen
157
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
25
(Swedish) Gothic Empire
3, 12n.28
government(al)
7, 16, 21, 23, 27, 70â72, 74, 77â81, 86â87, 90â91, 93â94, 97n.76, 99â104, 106, 108â9, 112â15, 117â22, 127, 132, 134, 139â40, 143, 154â59, 162, 166â67, 171, 175, 187, 206â9, 211, 213, 215, 218, 220, 232â33, 235
action
7, 69, 70, 77, 80, 87, 94, 121
breakdown of lord-subject relationship
159, 164
dynamics between levels of government
84, 87â89, 96, 100, 107
dynamics between levels of government and subjects
7, 70, 80, 93, 119, 159, 164â65, 209â10, 213
inability/failure
7, 76, 80, 82â83, 87, 89, 120, 155, 160, 183
lack of trust in
77, 83, 86â87, 121â23
lack of understanding between government and subjects
209
limits of
96, 113
local/regional
94, 108, 116â18, 142, 157, 160, 213, 233
protection of
69, 85
Gräfenberg, district
82, 86, 164
Graff, Catharina Bernardina
39n.43
Grass, Günther (1927â2015)
236
gray zones
5
Grel, Colonel
168â70, 226â27
Grell, Ole Peter
90n.56
Greyerz, Kaspar von
5n.17, 24n.1â2, 25n.4, 26
Grimmelshausen, Hans J. C. von (1621â1676)
236
Grindl, Constantia
51, 222
GroÃhabersdorf
173
GroÃner, Rudolf
166n.146
Groth, Otto
135n.39
Grotius, Hugo (1583â1645)
41n.50
Grünbaum, Max
134n.36
guidance
80, 82, 89, 117â18, 121, 128â29, 201, 204
spiritual
175, 178, 201, 204
Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden (r. 1611â1632)
12â14, 18, 27, 52, 56n.100, 70â73, 75, 86, 88, 126â28, 130n.24, 137, 167, 193, 212
admiration of
66
civilized behavior of
60, 67, 167, 230
motives for entering the war
12
and news/papers
135, 140
path of his army
13 fig. 3, 14
as religious hero
14
Habersdorf
177
Habsburg(s)
2, 9, 75
Austrian Habsburgs
10
Spanish Habsburgs
10
vision of empire
3
Hacke, Daniela
25n.8
Hagendorf, Peter
42, 47
Haidenbucher, Maria Magdalena
35, 48
Haidhausen
96
Haller, Bertolds Freiherr von
166n.146
Hambrecht, Rainer
220n.294
Hamburg
5, 140n.64
Harms, Wolfgang
135n.39
harvest(ing)
55, 164, 201, 208â10
bad harvests
52, 90, 211
plentiful harvests
55, 222
and weather patterns
53n.91
without equipment
55
Haude, Sigrun
21n.51, 117n.157, 142n.69
healthcare
101
system
100
Heberle, Hans
40
Head, Randolph C.
134n.35
headâ or Hungarian sickness
110
Heidelberg
10
Heiliggrab/Heiligengrab (Dominican convent)
31, 60, 125â27, 154â56, 168, 170, 178, 180â81, 183â85, 228â30
Heimat
44â45, 145, 180, 185â86
Heimatprinzip
92
Heimbucher, Max
63n.121
Heimers, Manfred
103n.97
helpless(ness)
7, 46, 83, 87, 121
Hengsberger, Walburgia
222
Herlicius, David
101n.89
Hersbruck, district
86â87
Herz, Andreas
121n.173
Heydenreuter, Reinhard
21n.48 and 51, 23, 75n.15, 97n.76, 213â14
Heymach, F.
41n.47
Hirschmann, Gerhard
214n.271
historical anthropology
4
history of everyday life
4
Hitzigrath, Heinrich
134n.36
Hofmann, Hanns H.
72n.4â5
Hohenwart (Benedictine convent)
48â50, 80, 143
Holy Roman Empire
6, 8â10, 11 fig. 2, 12, 15â16, 18, 21â22, 88, 111, 190
coexistence in
5
destruction of
191
fragmentation of
2
future of
1â2
the warâs impact on
6
Holzen (Benedictine convent)
48n.72, 125, 145, 182, 223
Holzfurtner, Ludwig
162n.135
home(s)
5, 33, 43â46, 49â52, 55, 78â79, 81, 88, 92, 117, 119, 124â25, 131, 144â45, 150, 152â53, 159, 161, 166, 170, 174, 176, 180â81, 184â86, 205, 207, 222, 230
homelessness
6, 44, 91â92, 232
homesickness
43n.58
honor
30, 41â42, 58, 67, 77, 127â28, 138, 170, 181, 195â96
rape; violence, sexual
honorable rules of engagement
65
hope
43, 66â67, 70, 81, 83, 85, 114â15, 117, 126, 128â29, 133, 139, 173â76, 185, 188, 190, 193, 196, 199â200, 221â23, 231, 233
despair/loss of
44, 180
for the future
210
in God
153, 199, 223
thwarted/vain
37, 67
for peace
89, 190, 222â23
Hörger, Hermann
217n.284
Horn, Gustav, count (1592â1657)
13, 15
horror
1, 28, 30, 34â35, 125, 217
anxiety; fear; fright; terror; trauma
horse(s)
52â56, 62, 106, 144, 160â61, 163â65, 183
Höser, Veit (Vitus)
26, 33â35, 37â38, 44â46, 54, 57â60, 66, 69, 76, 130â32, 144, 146â47, 179â80, 221
hospital
99
pest hospital
105
hostage, taking of
40, 73, 108, 123, 127, 131, 173, 224
humanist(s)
58, 234
Hümmer, Friedrich K.
32n.22 and 24â26, 42n.56, 61n.112â13, 126n.8â9, 127n.10â12, 142n.67â68, 154â56n.111â17, 160â61n.130â31, 163n.138, 169â70n.153â57, 181n.184, 183â84n.189â91, 223n.301, 227â30n.311â17 and 320
humor(ous)
37, 221â22, 231
cheerful(ness); laugh(ter)
humors (of the body)
101â2n.90
Hungarian (headâ) sickness
110
hunger
6, 15, 40, 52, 54â56, 68â69, 100, 101n.89, 107, 110, 112, 129, 140, 202, 204
famine
Hutcheon, Linda
222n.298
Hüttner, Franz
162â63n.136â37
identity
52, 165, 180â81
confessional/religious
188, 190, 210
ignorance
216â17
of commoners
216
feigning
107
illness
78, 100, 101, 103, 106, 210â11
contagion; disease; infection; pestilence; plague
Imhof, Arthur E.
30n.21
Imhoff, Christoph von
91n.62, 193n.216
Immler, Gerd
21n.50â51
imperial circles
16
individual
25, 27â28, 39, 56, 81, 102, 157, 160, 170, 178, 180, 199, 214, 217, 222, 225, 234
attention to the
99â100
infant mortality
202
infantry (of lansquenets)
75
infection
95, 100â106, 108â10
contagion; disease; pestilence; plague
inflation
6, 10, 27, 52â53, 91, 93, 100, 101n.89, 170, 204
price increase
hyperâ (Kipperâ und Wipperzeit, Tipper and See-Saw period)
10, 53n.90, 93
informants, system of
105
information/informed
84, 103, 105, 106n.109, 107, 119n.168, 133â46, 148â49, 177, 179, 201, 208n.256, 225
communication
uncertainty of
142
psychological importance
146
reliable
133, 142, 144, 148
transmission of
135, 139
ingenuity
5, 82, 150â51, 153â54, 165, 170â71, 233
Ingolstadt
14, 30, 48, 71â72, 124, 150â51, 180
fortification of
71â72
University of
213, 226n.309
(River) Inn
73n.10, 88, 159
Inn Viertel
20
Innsbruck
150
instability
6, 43, 46, 70, 232
uncertainty
(River) Isar
67, 159
James I, King of England (r. 1603â1625)
10n.24
Jancke, Gabriele
25â26n.8â9
Jarzebowski, Claudia
33
Jeremiah (prophet)
194
Jesuit(s)
22n.54, 38, 57â58, 61â63, 104n.102, 116, 121, 150, 216â17, 225â26, 228
confessor
22
prejudice against
57
Jesuit College (Bamberg)
38, 57, 61, 76, 131, 225, 228
Jew
219
Jewish school
227
Joachim Ernst, margrave of BrandenburgâAnsbach (r. 1603â1625)
19
Joachim Friedrich, elector of Brandenburg (r. 1598â1608)
19
Johann Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg (r. 1608â1619 and duke of Prussia from 1618)
19
John George I, elector of Saxony (r. 1611â1656)
15
jubilee
celebration
9, 188n.200
sermon
188, 190
judgment
58, 68, 146â47, 149
Godâs
132, 192, 194, 196â98
Junius, Johannes
32
Junius, Maria Anna
26, 31â33, 38, 42, 60â61, 80, 125â27, 141, 154â56, 163, 168â70, 183, 225â30
justice
80, 117â18
administration of
21, 97n.76, 187
local
21, 117
mercy before divine justice
192
sense/understanding of
116
social
21
Jütte, Robert
90n.56â58
Kaiser, Michael
70n.1
Kaplan, Benjamin J.
5n.17
Kästner, Alexander
30n.20
Kitzingen
19n.43, 41, 46, 47 fig. 10, 59n.108, 112, 166, 172, 201â2, 204â6
Knauer, Martin
5n.15
Koopmann, Helmut
43n.57
Kormann, Eva
25n.8, 171n.158
Kratz, Wilhelm
226n.310
Kraus, Andreas
21n.51, 70n.1
Krauss, Marita
43n.57
Kreitzer, Beth
195n.219
Kronach (fortress)
71, 141
Kroner, Michael
41n.46, 143n.73
Krug, Tobias
173â77
Krusenstjern, Benigna von
4â5, 25n.2, 27n.12, 220n.293
Kurz, Maria, prioress of Augsburgâs Dominican Katharinenkloster
127â29, 181â83
Labouvie, Eva
211n.263, 216n.279
laity
and afterlife
220
reliance on religion
199, 205
spiritual aids for
186, 195, 199
Landesdefension (territorial defense system)
77â79
Landshut
38n.41, 48, 59, 63, 65, 125, 130â31, 147, 179, 199, 223â25
Rentamt
21, 97n.76
War of Succession (1504â1505)
20
language
33, 37, 58n.106, 137, 234
confessional
2
language society (German)
58n.106, 234
limits of
28
mystical
198â99
power of
28
Lauf, district
85â86
laughter
221â22, 227, 231
cheerful(ness); humor
law(s)
83, 187, 221, 234
Carolina
41n.51
international
4
law and order
21, 97n.76
natural law
236
re. poor relief
94, 100
sumptuary
118
re. superstition
213
of war
86, 162
(River) Lech
14, 20, 67, 71
Lehmann, Hartmut
53n.91
Liebhart, Wilhelm
167n.149
Lindberg, Carter
90n.56
Lindemann, Margot
135n.42, 136n.44, 138n.57, 140â41n.62â65
Lindemann, Mary
5n.17
literacy
27, 139n.59
âLittle Ice Ageâ
53, 91, 212
Loetz, Francisca
41n.49
Lohausen, Wilhelm von (Wilhelm von Kalcheim/Kalkum)
57â58, 61, 154â55, 225â26, 229, 234
looting
35, 148, 165
foraging; plundering
loss
6, 14, 27, 89, 103, 130, 149, 153, 194, 212, 221, 231â32
population loss
of children
204
of confidence/trust
7, 77, 86â87, 89, 122, 233
of honor (rape)
41, 127
of life
43, 112
material
7, 41, 69, 194, 232
of sanity
30
military loss
15
Louthan, Howard
5n.17
Lower Saxony
10, 137
Luebke, David
5n.17, 206
Lüdtke, Alf
4n.11
Luria, Keith P.
5n.17
Luther, Martin (1483â1546)
9n.22, 132n.30, 147n.86, 188â89, 192, 196
Lutheran(s)/Lutheranism
9, 12, 15, 18â19, 46, 129, 141, 162, 175n.169, 186n.196, 189, 192, 195â96, 201, 204â7, 226â27, 230
Protestants
clergy
41, 46, 58n.108, 201
jubilee celebration
9
LutheranâCalvinist divide
12
Lützen
Batlle of (16 Nov 1632)
14â15
Magdeburg
destruction of
12, 48
magic
211, 213â15, 217â19
power
120
practice/rituals
186, 207, 211â13, 215â18
reliance on
218
spectrum of
211, 215
and witchcraft
211
Mandlmayr, Martin
75n.14
manliness
156
marauder(s)
39, 66, 80, 160â62, 164â65, 170, 210
Mariastein (Augustinian convent)
29, 31, 35, 47, 54, 126, 130, 149, 151â53, 167â68, 178, 196â97, 200, 220
Marie von BrandenburgâBayreuth, margravine (1579â1649)
126, 183
Marschke, Benjamin
2n.6
Mary Magdalene
197n.224
material culture and religion
210
Mathäser, Willibald
37n.33
Maximilian of Bavaria (duke 1598â1623; elector 1623â1651)
10, 13â14, 16, 21â23, 71â76, 78â79, 87â89, 92â97, 99â100, 104â9, 114â18, 120â21, 128, 132, 142, 144â45, 147â48, 150n.99, 154, 157, 159, 162n.135, 167n.149, 185, 207, 213, 215â17, 225, 233
objectives
22
privy council
159, 213
relationship with Munichâs councilors
74, 95â96, 105
relationship with territorial administrators
88, 116
relocation
132
role as Landesvater
21
system of informants
105
and Wallenstein
147
Mayer, M. Stephan
41
media
5, 133â35, 139â40
communication; information; news; newspaper
mediator(s)/mediating
81, 84, 197, 210
Christ
187
Mary (mediatrix)
196
Medick, Hans
2n.6, 4â5
melancholy
30, 41
Melanchthon, Philip (1497â1560)
19
Melchior von Straubing
38n.41, 63â65, 130, 179, 200â201, 223â25, 229
memory
bodyâs
33
German
1
Mennel, Barbara
52n.89
Menocchio
210
mental
boundaries
234
comfort
233
preparation/resources/strategies
123, 141, 146, 186, 194, 207, 221
consequences/costs/suffering
48, 153, 236
world
204
merchants
16, 30n.16, 82, 135, 139â40, 143, 154, 234
mercy, divine
41, 125â27, 174, 187, 191â92, 194â95, 197, 199, 203â4
Mercy, Franz von
84
regiment
83
MeÃrelationen (reports ahead of fairs)
135n.42, 146â47
Metzger, Amrosius
193
Meumann, Markus
219n.291
miasma theory
101â102
micro history
4
Midelfort, H. C. Erik
212
migration
1, 43n.57, 90, 94, 100
military leaders
4, 61, 75â76, 80, 121, 146â47, 192, 225, 229
comments on
59, 146â49
military strategies
4
militia
77â79
civic/town
77â79, 157
rural/country
37, 75, 77â79, 157, 163
minister(s)
27, 40â41, 46, 50, 57, 58n.108, 97n.76, 111â16, 118â19, 143, 166, 171â78, 185â86, 194â95, 201, 204â5, 208â10, 214, 216, 218, 223
pastor(s)
and their congregations
171â72
as hostages
40
lot of ministers
40
petitions/supplications of
172â77
protective measures during plague
113
serving several parishes
173â77
solitary figures
171â72
superiorsâ expectations of
40
treatment of
41
misery
4, 32, 35, 37, 40, 43â44, 46, 52, 56, 68â69, 95, 106, 128n.19, 129, 132, 146, 170, 174, 179, 191â93, 195â96, 198â99, 205, 209, 219â20, 222
going into misery (ins Elend gehen)
43â44, 180
mockery
83
religious
64
Modern Europe
evolution of
1
monks
27â28, 36â37, 39, 43, 50, 54, 62, 123, 145â46, 152, 161n.134, 165, 221, 225
(the) religious/religiosi
mortality
102, 109â10
crisis
102â3, 108
infant
202
Mortimer, Geoff
2n.5, 4
movement
troop movement
religious
142n.69, 197
of people
6â7, 48, 185, 206, 223, 225, 234â35
Mummenhoff, Ernst
14n.30, 74n.12, 110n.131
Münch, Paul
24n.1
Munich
8, 14, 20, 23, 36â37, 39n.43, 48â52, 54â57, 60, 65, 71â75, 88, 94â98, 95 fig. 12, 106â9, 117, 120â21, 124â25, 128, 132â33, 140â42, 144â45, 147, 154, 167, 185, 213, 215, 222, 230
city council
23, 72â73, 92â93, 95, 105, 107, 132
city councilorsâ relationship to Maximilian
74, 95â96, 105
countryside
56
court officers
87
fortifications
72â74
hostages
73
and poverty
97
and pestilence
103â9
population
103
Rentamt
21, 97â98
Münster
15
bishopric of
137
Treaty of Münster (1648)
4, 15
music
221
as common denominator
230
religious
229â31
secular
114
mystical/mysticism
bridal
198
language
198â99
literature
221
resources
197
Naphy, William G.
28n.13
narrative(s)
27â28, 33, 38â39, 43, 46, 51, 54, 56, 59, 65â66, 126, 130, 143, 148â49, 162, 177, 204â5, 223, 225â26, 232
and collective experiences
39
of conflict
5, 59, 223
disruption of neat categories
65, 223
historical
193
personal
24â26, 39
neediness
172, 177
spectrum of
96
needs
22, 69, 93â94, 112, 120, 148, 175, 220, 232
spiritual
104n.102, 112, 177, 210
negotiation(s)
6â7, 14, 30, 70, 80, 89, 153, 156, 165, 178, 181, 190, 224, 233â34
peace
15, 37, 190, 192, 235
networks
27, 135â36, 143, 151, 178, 178, 186, 233â34
monastic
123, 151, 178
oral
139, 141, 143
Neuegg, Agnes von (abbess of Holzen)
48n.72, 223
neutrality
12, 15n.33, 18n.40
Newe Zeitungen
32, 135
news
32, 35, 37, 42, 50, 53, 126, 128, 133â49, 179, 214
agents
140
confirmation of
144
couriers
138, 140, 143
psychological importance of
145â46
scouts
143â44
uncertainty of
142â43, 145
newspaper
8, 133â41, 146
foundations (Swedish)
140
handwritten
134â36, 139â41
international reach
136
printed
133â41, 146
weekly
133â38, 140â41, 146
writers (Novellanten)
135, 137â38, 141
Niederschönenfeld, Cistercian convent
125
Niefanger, Dirk
219n.291
Nolting, Uta
30n.16, 32n.22
Nördlingen
13
battle of (1634)
15, 19n.45, 53
normative year (Normaljahr)
12, 15
nun(s)
26â30, 32â33, 35, 39, 42â43, 47â54, 57, 60â62, 80, 123â30, 141, 145, 149â56, 167â71, 178, 180â85, 197â99, 220, 226â30
(the) religious/religiosi
Nuremberg
7â8, 13â14, 16, 18, 29, 31, 33, 40, 46, 71â73, 75, 81â83, 85 fig. 11, 86â87, 89, 91â92, 94, 104, 109â112, 114â15, 120, 128, 132, 140, 143, 157â58, 160n.129, 165, 172, 176â77, 187, 190, 193, 208, 219â20, 235
authorities of
16, 72â73, 82â83, 85â87, 89, 91â92, 109, 114â15, 157â58, 164â65, 190, 208
deaths and births
111 fig. 13
finances
82
fortifications of
40, 71â72
governing body
16
neutrality
18
population
18n.37
territory of
16, 18â19, 75n.13, 81, 85, 88, 91, 164, 208, 213, 214n.271, 216, 218
Oberalteich (Benedictine abbey)
33, 44, 54, 76, 131, 149, 179
Oettinger, Rebecca Wagner
230
officer(s)
civic
91, 93, 97n.76, 132, 164
establishment of new administrative officers
90
central administrators
87, 105
local administrators
21, 98â99, 116, 120
military
53â54, 60â63, 66, 68, 77, 80â81, 106, 141â42, 154â55, 157â58, 183, 221, 223â30
Old Bavaria see Bavaria
Opel, Julius O.
136n.43 and 45â46, 137n.48, 138n.54, 141n.65
(feeling) orphaned
51, 125â26
Ortenburg, county of
21
Osnabrück
15
Treaty of Osnabrück
4, 15
âthe otherâ
231
curiosity about
225
as human being
225
greater knowledge and appreciation of
223, 225, 229 235
Otto, Elias
176â77
Ottoman Empire
75n.15
Oxenstierna, Axel (1583â1654)
14
Paas, John R.
135n.39
the Palatinate (Rhenish or Lower)
9â10, 140, 212
pamphlets
8, 133, 135
health
111n.134
panic(ked)
35, 39, 85, 96, 101, 103, 110, 120, 144, 144
parishes
combining of
173â77
Parker, Charles H.
90n.56
Parker, Geoffrey
53n.91
Parrott, David
14n.31, 77n.20
Pastenaci, Stephan
25n.6
pastor(s)
40â41, 46, 55, 57â58, 112, 166, 171â72, 175, 186, 194, 204, 208, 210, 214â16
minister(s)
dearth of
55
patience
89, 222
advice to be patient
80, 83, 121
calls for
87
lack of
108, 195â96, 223
patient in faith
189, 193
peace
4, 16, 22, 63, 89, 187, 190â92, 212, 222â23, 228â29, 234
of the dead
58
heralds of peace
15, 235
peace negotiations
15, 37, 190, 192, 235
quiet/tranquility
185, 191, 35, 44â45, 130, 156, 174, 203
Peace of Augsburg (1555)
2, 9, 12, 15
and the Reformed
189n.202
relationship to Thirty Yearsâ War
2, 15
Peace of Lübeck (1629)
11
Peace of Passau (1552)
12
Peace of Prague (1635)
12, 15, 27, 122, 223
Peace of Westphalia (1648)
1â4, 10n.25, 15â16, 235â36
assessment and significance
3â4
legal dimensions
4
negotiations
15
peasant(s)
30, 37, 40, 47, 53â56, 68â69, 78â81, 83, 86, 91, 95â97, 134, 145, 157â65, 171â72, 177, 186, 208â10, 215, 232
aids for
81
antagonism between peasants and soldiers
69, 160
and territorial defense
77â79
destitution among
53â56, 68, 95, 106, 108
dynamics within peasant communities
164â65
fear of peasant uprising
159
exposed/vulnerable
40, 55
and flights
39â40, 81, 96â97, 108, 123, 133, 144, 157, 161, 185
and fortifications
72, 74
life and work situation
208â10
loss of faith in authoritiesâ protection
87
negotiations with authorities
164â65, 210
pooling resources
40, 164
peasant rebellion (1625â26 in Upper Austria/Bavaria)
159
peasant rebellion (1633â34 in Bavaria)
159
Peasantsâ War (1524â1526)
159
resisting mandates
120, 210
striking back/resistance
157â63
perseverance
40, 131, 149, 179
personal accounts
24â27
autobiographical accounts/writings; egoâdocuments; (personal) narratives
communal context/dimension of
25â27
personality
21, 25, 80, 88, 177, 221, 233â34
role of
16, 27, 62
and structures
2
personnel
104, 109, 111â13, 217
reliable
91, 94
pestilence
5n.16, 27, 40, 55, 73n.10, 90, 101â5, 109â12, 120, 132, 197, 202, 220
contagion; disease; illness; infection
causes
101
control of
101, 103
theories
101â2
Peters, Jan
42n.54, 47n.69
petition(s)
80, 88, 151, 172â73, 176â77, 191
supplication(s)
Pfeffer, Maria
135n.40
Pfister, Christian
6n.19, 21n.51
Philip II, king of Spain (r. 1556â1598)
21
Piccolomini, Octavio, regiment
82
Pietsch, Andreas
5n.17
pietism
235
piety
37, 114, 120, 217n.284, 230
plague (epidemics)
15, 101â2, 104â5, 107, 109, 112â13, 118, 121, 167, 171, 220
activity
102
Black Death (Great Plague, 1348â1350)
102
common perceptions of
109
economic impact
110
origin
106
resistance to
103
zones
102
plundering
27, 35, 46, 48, 58, 73, 80â82, 85â86, 96, 158â62, 164, 166â67, 172, 176, 183, 190, 193, 204, 232
looting; foraging
Poles (also Polacken, derogatory)
66, 143
PolishâSwedish War (1626â1629)
12n.28
political dynamics
between government and subjects
7
between levels of government
7
politics
18n.40, 134n.38
confessional identity politics
190
discourses on
225, 228, 230
dynastic
2, 10, 21
and religion/confession
2, 62
Pollizeywesen (local economy)
21, 97n.76, 117â18
Pomerania
12, 102
Poor Clares (Munich)
39n.43, 50, 56, 124, 125n.4, 130, 144â45, 147, 222
poor relief
5, 7, 69â70, 91â94, 97, 100, 176, 232
history of
90
legislation
94, 100
limits of
96
system
91, 94, 177
Popkin, Jeremy D.
146n.84
Poppenreuth
164, 204
population loss
1, 71, 110â12
Porzelt, Carolin
16â18n.35â37, 101n.90, 109n.124â25, 111â12n.132â36
positive
aspects of the enemy
58â60, 183n.190
assessment of Germanyâs development
4
encounters
5, 7, 59, 221, 223, 234â35
energy/thinking
221, 231
results (tenuous)
153
RoÃtal
176
postal system/courier
136, 138
poverty
5, 7, 52â53, 55, 68â70, 90â94, 100, 106, 113, 120â21, 177, 185, 204, 232, 236
dearth; scarcity
cyclical factors
53
driven by war
53
practical
concerns
2, 56, 91, 99, 107, 113â14, 119, 140, 145, 148, 165, 235
decisions
141, 233
resources
7, 64, 105, 194, 226
measures/strategies
123, 186, 221
practice(s)
75n.16, 77, 120, 139n.60, 151, 164, 186
chivalric
65
Christian
192â93
common
64, 92, 106, 137
around the dead/burial
110, 112
of Auslauf
206â7
of gifting
151â52
magic
186, 207, 211â18
orthodox
211
religious
114, 120, 209, 218, 220
social
114, 218
traditional
116
uniform
209
pragmatism
5, 149, 153â54, 233
Prague
10, 23, 201
castle
9
Defenestration of
9
Peace of (30 May 1635)
12, 15, 27, 122, 223
Prak, Maarten
90n.56
prayer
22, 45, 52, 107, 112â14, 119, 186â87, 189â93, 196â98, 200, 209, 218, 220
books, Catholic
196, 197n.224
days of
219
emotional
192
hours
114, 119, 168, 207â9, 218
meetings
119
political
187, 190â91
preâReformation era
218, 229
price increase
40, 52
inflation
procession(s)
107
funeral
110, 112, 221
propaganda
2, 12, 65, 134, 140, 230
protection
49, 57, 62, 69â71, 74â75, 79â80, 84â87, 100, 119, 128, 155â61, 165, 211, 218â19
of enclosure
183â84
Godâs
129, 193, 224
governmental
7, 69â70, 85â87, 89, 121, 157, 159â60, 183, 232â33
lack of
6â7, 31, 41, 51, 69, 76â77, 101, 121, 147, 159â60, 167
military
63, 74â75, 79, 84, 147, 163
physical
7, 31, 40, 69, 71, 73, 121, 144
of sacred objects
120, 219
spiritual
70, 218â19
task of government
70
of women
41, 51, 123â24, 183â84
Protestant(s)/Protestantism
8, 10, 12â15, 18â19, 22â23, 37, 41, 57n.106, 61â62, 71, 75, 90, 126â27, 138, 140, 147, 154â55, 166â67, 171, 183, 187, 193, 196â97, 206â8, 211, 213, 216, 218â19, 225â26, 228, 230, 233â34
Lutherans; Reformed
clergy
166, 171, 216, 230
coalition
15, 49n.74
estates
12
Union
9â10, 15, 18â19, 126
providence
62
Pullan, Brian
90n.56
punishment
87, 94, 96, 115, 117, 166â67, 206, 213
the war as Godâs punishment
38n.41, 112, 114â15, 117, 187, 190, 192, 195â96, 199, 201, 204, 207â10
of women
141â42
Püttrich convent (tertiary, Munich)
49n.76, 124, 125n.4
puzzlement
59, 61, 64, 200, 224
quarantine
104, 108, 112, 233
violation of
107â8, 110, 113, 120, 233
Rain am Lech
71
Battle of (1632)
14
rape
41â43, 127â28
honor; violence, sexual
trauma of
42
and virginity
42
readership
134, 136â41, 146
reading
circles
139
the situation
62, 154, 165
realism
83, 131, 146, 149, 182, 208
Rebdorf
Augustinian canons of
29, 124
Redlich, Fritz
75n.16
Rebel, Hermann
159n.125
Reformation
1, 9, 18, 181, 206
centennial
9n.22
corps of ministers
216
and communications revolution
133, 135, 140
and music
230
and poor relief
90â91
Counter Reformation
21, 230
and superstition
211
Reformed (Religion) see Calvinist(s)/Calvinism
refuge
30, 38, 40, 47â48, 54, 63, 81, 96, 124â26, 128, 155, 161, 178â79, 182, 185n.195, 188, 230
refugee(s)
35, 40, 45, 48, 50, 58, 68, 96â97, 99, 103n.97, 106, 111, 113, 125, 131â33, 145, 180
Regen
215
Regensburg
21, 45, 138, 146â47, 150
bishop of
216â17
bishopric of
21
diocese
33, 34 fig. 8, 37, 54, 125
Reicke, Emil
16n.35, 18n.40, 71n.2, 72n.5, 82n.41
Reischl, Georg A.
48n.73
religion
21, 46, 114, 206, 208, 218, 221, 226
(religious/confessional) antagonism
56â57, 123, 206, 234
as consolation
220
cuius regio eius religio
9
discourse on
228, 230
importance/strength of
152, 207
Lutheran
9
material culture and religion
210
multiâfaceted landscape of
186, 201, 218
official/orthodox religion
210, 218â19
peopleâs attitudes toward
208
and politics
2
Reformed/Calvinist
9
role in coping with the war
186, 199, 205, 207, 218â19, 233
Roman Catholic
9, 76, 216
and superstition
217
teaching the right kind of
216
and the war
2, 63, 186, 235
religious objects
violence against
56, 58
religious orders, members of
27, 43, 57, 63, 80n.29, 139, 143, 155, 178, 196, 225, 232
assessing military leaders
146â49
dissolution
224
networks
178
question of flight
123
role in Bavaria under Maximilian
116
The religious/religiosi
27, 31, 35, 38â39, 45â47, 57â58, 63, 123â24, 129, 131, 143â46, 154, 160, 163, 169, 178, 180, 200, 224â25, 228, 232
Rentmeister
21, 78, 97â100, 117â18
responsibilities
21
repentance
107, 112, 114, 187, 191, 197n.224, 208, 210, 219
lack of
190
resilience
5, 9, 149, 171, 234, 236
resistance
172, 184
to government initiatives
115, 120, 209
peasant
158
to plague
103
to providing information
119n.168
resourcefulness
62, 150, 153, 170
resources
6, 123, 232â33
financial
35, 73â74, 123, 133, 149, 178
lack of
71, 82â83, 91, 93
mental
186, 221
mystical
197
pooling resources
40
practical
7
religious/spiritual/theological
7, 186, 199â200, 211, 217
restlessness
34, 45, 130
rhetoric(al)
9, 126
skill
26, 33, 59
Richelieu, ArmandâJean du Plessis de (1585â1642)
15
riders/horsemen/cavalry(men)
44, 49n.74, 50, 61, 66â67, 75, 77â78, 81, 83, 144, 158, 160â61, 165, 184
Ridler convent (tertiary, Munich)
124, 125n.4
rituals
religious
26
mundane chores
26
robbery/robbed
38, 40, 45â46, 66â67, 76, 81, 83, 129, 154, 161â62, 166, 170, 190â91, 202
riders as robbers
66
Roberts, Penny
28n.13
Roeck, Bernd
70n.1, 127n.13, 128n.15
Rothenburg (ob der Tauber)
16, 193â94
Rublack, Ulinka
26n.9â10
Rudersdorf, Manfred
19n.42â44
Ruff, Julius R.
41n.49
Rüger, Willi
91n.60
ruin
1, 5, 24, 27, 37, 49, 56, 64â65, 82, 86â88, 94â95, 97, 99, 106, 118, 138n.55, 144, 148, 149, 167, 173, 175â77, 207, 210, 212, 234
desolation; destruction
Rystad, Göran
134n.36
SachÃe, Christoph
90n.56â57, 91n.59
sacred objects/treasure
58, 119, 128n.18
protective powers of
119â20, 219
sacrilege
66
safety
7, 31, 35, 40, 45, 49â50, 62â63, 65, 70, 72, 74â75, 77, 121â22, 124, 126, 131, 133, 164, 167, 184â85, 201
Safley, Thomas M.
6n.17, 90n.56
St. Augustine (354â430)
196
St. Katharina (Dominican convent, Augsburg)
39n.43, 127, 129â30, 178, 181
St. Mary
60, 195
St. Walburg (Benedictine convent, Eichstätt)
30, 151, 220
St. Willibaldsburg (St. Willibaldâs Castle)
30, 47, 124, 168, 185
Salva Guardia
50, 63, 68, 79â80, 86, 126, 154, 161, 163â64, 182, 184
Salzburg
37n.33, 150, 223
sanity
30
place of
156
savagery
66
SaxeâWeimar, Bernhard of, duke (1604â1639)
15, 58, 60, 76, 130, 154â55, 200, 224, 226, 228, 229â30
army of (Weimarers)
44, 58, 65, 66, 147, 166, 199
scarcity
53, 165, 207
dearth; poverty
Schanzgeld
74
Scheibelberger von Wielbronn, Johann
60â61, 155n.113
Schiewek, Ingrid
25n.5
Schiller, Johann (1759â1805)
236
Schilling, Michael
135n.40
Schindling, Anton
4n.13
Schlögel, Karl
52n.89
Schmalkaldic League
18
Schmalkaldic War (1546â1547)
212
Schmidt, Jürgen
212, 213n.268
Schock, Flemming
134n.35
Schönauer, Tobias
72n.6
SchornâSchütte, Luise
171n.160
Schreibkalender (recording calendar)
101n.89, 122n.174, 133, 140, 219
Schröder, Thomas
134n.38, 138n.56
Schultheiss, Werner
82n.40
Schweinfurt
16
Schwerhoff, Gerd
115n.148
science/scientific
59, 226, 234, 236
Scottish
62
Scott, Joan
24n.1, 33
secularization
235
security
12, 43â44
seeds (for harvest)
40, 55, 68,165â66, 210
mustard seed (simile, Matthew 13:31)
188
Seligenthal, Cistercian convent
125
separation
from Christ
189
of a community
43, 48, 50, 59, 145â46, 179â80, 223
from a place
59, 180
of the sick
102, 105, 107
of state and church
235n.1
siege(s)/besieged
8, 12, 30, 72, 75, 146â47, 160, 168
Sigl, Rupert
33â35n.29â30, 38n.36 and 38, 44â46n.60â66, 54n.95, 57n.105, 58â60n.107â10, 76n.17, 131n.26â28, 146â47n.85â87, 179â80n.178â81
sign(s)
heavenly
132, 219
wearing of visible signs
90n.58, 93
skepticism
59n.108
religious
235
Sloterdijk, Peter
67
smallpox
101n.88
smell
104
stench
foul
101, 104
social discipline
114, 207â8
social mobility, rejected
118
Soden, Franz Freiherr von
70n.1, 114n.144, 158n.122, 220â21n.294â95
Soergel, Philip M.
119n.170
soldier(s)
12, 30, 32n.26, 37, 40â42, 44, 47, 53â60, 62â69, 75, 77, 79â84, 86â88, 101, 106, 110â11, 118, 121,124, 147â48, 150, 156â68, 173â74, 181â84, 195â96, 199, 204â5, 209, 221, 223â24, 227, 230, 234â35
army
and civilians
42
and diary-style account
27, 42, 47
and disease
101
exploitation of
47, 68
payment of
47
and rape
41â42
SolmsâLaubach, Heinrich Wilhelm von, count (1583â1632)
75n.13
SolmsâRödelheim, Friedrich von, count (1574â1649)
19
song(s)
1, 8, 137, 186, 188, 192â93, 195â96, 219, 230
music
Sophia, margravine of BrandenburgâAnsbach (1594â1651)
19
space
5, 33, 48, 50, 52, 62, 157, 178, 180â81, 184â86, 229, 235
enclosed
44, 181â83
hierarchy of
185
religious/sacred
56â57, 59, 64, 66, 181â83
spacial turn
52n.89
(the) Spanish
army/troops
66n.137, 68, 95, 104, 106, 108
Spanish Habsburgs
10
Spicer, Andrew
90n.56
spies
92, 141
Spindler, Max
18n.38, 19
Spohnholz, Jesse
6n.17
SporhanâKrempel, Lore
141n.65
Stahleder, Helmuth
23n.56, 72n.7, 73n.9 and 11, 75n.15, 92â93n.65â66, 96n.72
Staiger, Clara
26, 29â33, 35, 39n.43, 47â49, 53â54, 80, 124, 147â53, 167â68, 180, 185, 220
Stalla, Gerhard
125n.5
Steiger, Heinhard
4
stench
106
smell
stigma
42
stigmatization
90n.58
StollbergâRilinger, Barbara
5n.17
Stolleis, Michael
235n.1
StörâErfahrung (experiences of cognitive dissonance)
67
Strasser, Ulrike
44n.59
Straubing
33, 66, 76, 146â48
Rentamt
21, 97n.76
Stromer, Wolff Friedrich
91â92
structures
and personalities
2
physical
89
suffering
6, 24, 28, 43, 45, 48, 54, 89, 100, 112, 135, 149, 157, 186, 198, 200, 204, 209, 220, 235
of Christ
192
limits of
167
meaning of
219
suicide
30, 167
superstition
211, 213â19
prosecution of
213
supplication(s) /supplicant
172â75, 177, 187, 190â92, 196â98
petition(s)
Swabia(n)
14, 19, 53, 107n.111, 125
Bavarian Swabia
102n.95
Sweden
10, 15, 137
entry into the war
8
intervention
12, 27, 41, 53, 71, 141
Swedes
22, 29n.15, 30, 32, 34, 38, 45â46, 48â50, 52, 56â58, 61â62, 66â67, 69â71, 73, 78, 104n.103, 110n.129, 121n.172, 124n.2, 125â31, 140, 143â44, 148, 154â57, 160â62, 166â68, 171, 178, 180n.182, 182â83, 204, 227â30
Tallett, Frank
42n.52
Taupadel, Georg Christoph von (ca. 1600â1647)
62, 168
tax(es)
21, 79, 97n.76, 108
contribution
75
âfire taxâ
75, 79
lists
18n.37
special tax for fortifications
73
teachings
condemnation of religious teachings
188â89
theological differences of
196
of witchcraft
211
Tegernsee
37, 133
Tennstedt, Florian
90n.56â57, 91n.59
territorial defense system
77â79
terror
32â35, 37â38, 43, 45, 200
anxiety; dread; fear; fright; horror; trauma
effects of
34
Theatrum Europaeum
133
Theibault, John
6n.19
theology
differences between Catholic and Protestant teachings
196
Thieser, Bernd
212, 213n.268
Thirty Yearsâ War
4â8, 16, 70, 75, 82, 155, 223, 232
conflict
and Augsburg
128n.15
broader political significance
3
complex dynamics of interaction
5
composition of armies
42
and contemporary Europe
1
and contribution (war tax)
75
conventional assumptions/image
60
and destruction
5
and disease/pestilence
100, 102
end of
235
war as equalizer
46
evaluation of
3â4
experiences
24â69
and fortifications
71
as Godâs punishment
114, 187
image of
5, 24, 221, 223, 232, 234, 236
involvement of other European powers
3
and jubilee celebrations
188
local dimension
4, 7, 77, 233
making sense of the war
6, 24
and mercenary armies
77n.20
and movement of people
6â7
outbreak of
1, 18
and magic practices
211, 214
and Maximilian of Bavaria
21â23
and media
133â41
panoramic view of
4
and patterns of coexistence and cooperation
5
and Peace of Augsburg
2
and positive encounters
5
and poverty
90â91
psychologically debilitating power of war
50
and readership
139
in Reformation history
1
and religion
207
and superstition
215
and survival
170
theological interpretation
186â87
up close
5, 24
violence of
7
and witchcraft
212â13
Thuringia
14
ThuringianâFranconian borderland
177
Tilly, Johann Tserclaes, Count of (1559â1632)
10â11, 13â14, 138, 140, 162n.135
time, its importance for finding common ground
227â29
Tode, Sven
5n.15
tradition
91, 116, 120, 218, 221
trauma(tic)
5, 7, 35, 41â42, 44, 47, 185, 232, 236
anxiety; dread; fear; fright; horror; terror
traumatization
30n.21
treason
92
troop movement
27, 70, 81, 85, 90, 190, 233
corridor/line of
5, 13 fig. 3, 27â28, 31, 35, 54, 71, 80, 125, 130
troops
6, 29â30, 53, 55â56, 62, 66â67, 69, 74â76, 80â82, 86â89, 93â95, 100, 104, 108â9, 119, 121, 144, 147, 150, 160â62, 167, 172, 176, 180, 232
armies; soldiers
auxiliary
66, 79
Bavarian
13â14, 22, 66, 69, 76, 84, 148
behavior
7
and their demands
53
enemy
10, 39, 59, 65â66, 86, 121, 144, 148, 159, 180
French
15n.32, 168, 199
âfriendlyâ
39, 59, 62, 65â66, 77, 86, 159, 161, 166, 204, 234
imperial
14, 85, 143, 148
imperialâBavarian
137
Ligistic
71, 204
Polish
143
quartering of
46, 55, 68, 70, 81, 84, 88, 106, 108â9, 117â18, 121, 159, 210
relief troops (Entsatztruppen)
75
rescue troops
75
Swedish
13 fig. 3, 45, 73, 204
starving
68
and their train
53
withdrawal of
16, 77
TruchseÃ, Wolf Dietrich
162â63
trust(ed)
50, 76â77, 87, 121â22, 127, 132, 146, 182, 236
lack of
59n.108, 67, 69, 77, 121â22, 143, 215â26, 227, 233
in Christâs mercy/aid
125, 127, 192
in God/His mercy/aid
41, 76, 125â26, 188, 193â95, 201, 204
trustworthy news
142, 144, 148
Tuan, Yiâfu
28n.13
Turk(s)
75
as bogeyman
75n.15
Long Turkish War (1593â1606)
9â10, 75
typhus
101, 110
Tyrol
49n.76, 52, 55, 107n.111, 124, 125n.4, 128, 150, 222
Ulbrich, Claudia
25n.8, 26n.9
Ulbricht, Otto
101n.87
Ulm
40
uncertainty
6, 46, 120, 127
instability
of roads
35, 82
unity
187, 192
jurisdictional
16
religious
9, 180, 228â29
unpredictability
44, 46
Untergiesing
96
upbringing
27, 221
(the) Upper Palatinate
8, 10, 73, 77, 150n.99, 212
Upper Saxony
14
Vervaux, Johannes S. J. (1586â1661)
22
Vetter, Anna
170, 171n.158
Vienna
140n.64, 150â51
Vigarello, George
41n.49â50
Vinzensbronn
173
violence
6, 24, 27, 33, 39, 42â43, 47, 48, 53, 56â58, 62, 65, 70, 80, 83, 86â88, 110, 121,123â26, 150, 157â58, 160â61, 163â64, 190, 193, 202, 223, 231â32, 234, 236
rape
against women
41
anticipation of
33
fear of
69
protection against
70, 89, 101, 232
religious
56â57, 64â65, 184, 228
sexual violence
42
threat of
37, 43, 157
virginity
42
Vogelka, Karl G.
75n.14
volatility
12, 39, 44, 47â48, 69â70, 224, 232
vulnerability
6, 24, 39, 43, 46, 55, 69, 70, 76, 81, 91, 93, 100, 129, 232
Wagentroz, David
208
Walker, Garthine
41n.49 and 51, 42n.53
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von (Waldstein, 1583â1634)
13â15, 76, 86, 140, 147
army of
11, 14
dismissal of
12
Wallner, Ida
29n.14, 30n.16
Walter, François
1n.2
Wang, Andreas
135n.39
war
see Thirty Yearsâ War
Wasserburg
48n.72
Weber, Heinrich
38n.39â40, 39n.42, 56n.101, 57n.103â4 and 106, 61â63n.114â20, 76â77n.18â19, 125n.7, 132n.29, 225â26n.307â9
weddings
114, 166, 220
Wedgwood, Cicely V.
2n.4
Weimar army/horsemen (Weimarers)
44, 58, 65â66, 131, 147, 166, 199
WeiÃenburg
16, 71, 170
Werder, Paris von dem
121n.173
werewolves
214â16
Werve, Hermann de
140
White Mountain, Battle (8 November 1620)
10, 23, 72, 212
Wicht, Ambrosius
59â60
Wildenstein, Georg Wolf von
61, 228
Willax, Franz
72n.5
Williams, Gerhild Scholz
133n.34
Wilson, Peter H.
2n.6â7, 6, 8n.20, 9, 10n.23 and 26, 15n.33, 70n.1, 71n.3, 75n.15
Windsheim
16, 160
Winter King see Frederick V
Wirth, Volkmar
46n.67
witchcraft
32, 211â13
Wittmann, Pius
19n.45, 175n.170
Wolff, Heinrich
219
Wolkan, Rudolf
134n.36
wolves
214â15
women
33â34, 42, 66â67, 68, 151, 161, 170, 181, 185â86, 205, 214, 221â22, 233â34
as commentators
146
defending a city
160, 168
and fortification work
72, 74
leaders
39
as messengers
141â42
of a religious community
29â30, 32â33, 42â43, 48, 53, 57, 123, 125, 127n.13, 128, 146, 150, 152, 156, 185, 200, 226â29
scholars
25
unprotected
41
rape/violation of
41â42
Württemberg
42n.53
Würzburg
32, 46, 71, 127â28, 141, 162â63, 182
bishopric of
16, 19
bishop of
46, 166, 201, 206
witch hunts in
212
Zillhardt, Gerd
40n.45
Zweig, Stefan
52
Zwingler, Irmgard E.
39n.43, 51â52n.81â87, 56n.99â100, 57n.102, 60n.111, 124â25n.2â4, 144n.78, 145n.83, 148n.91, 222n.297