Civic culture and everyday life in early modern Germany

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION -- 1. Cultural Significance of the German Citizen from Late Medieval to Early Modern Period -- 2. On Terminology: Bürgertum, Culture, Ways of Living, and Environment -- 3. The Citizens and Rural Society -- CHAPTER TWO THE CHARACTER OF THE EARLY MODERN CITY IN THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE -- 1. Geography -- 2. Vedute: The Ideal and the Reality of the City -- 3. City Planning and Construction -- 4. The Ideal and the Planned City -- 5. The Burgher's House -- 6. Cobblestones and Filth -- CHAPTER THREE THE BURGHERS' LIFESTYLE -- 1. The "Burgher House" and its Furnishings: Problems of Research -- 2. Spheres of Life -- 3. Household Culture: Lighting and Heating -- 4. Organization of the Rooms -- 5. Furnishings and Living Atmosphere -- 6. Periodization -- 7. Economic and Social Prerequisites for Change -- CHAPTER FOUR ASPECTS OF THE DAILY LIFE -- 1. Organization of Time, Daily Routine -- 2. Meals and Drinks -- 3. Table Manners -- 4. Clothing and Fashion -- 5. Hygiene -- 6. Lifestyles and the Process of Civilization -- CHAPTER FIVE THE BURGHER FAMILY -- 1. Aspects of Recent Research -- 2. The "Whole House" -- 3. Values -- 4. New Avenues for Research -- CHAPTER SIX HISTORICAL MICROCOSMS: THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL -- 1. Youth and Education -- 2. Marriage -- 3. Death -- CHAPTER SEVEN BEYOND DAILY LIFE: AMUSEMENTS, MUSIC AND DANCE, ENTERTAINMENT AND THEATER -- 1. Leisure and Free-time -- 2. Music and Dance -- 3. Theater -- 4. 18th Century Developments: The Concert Hall and Burgher Theater with Circles and Balconies -- CHAPTER EIGHT BÜRGERTUM AND THE ARTS -- 1. Art as History -- 2. The Rise of the Artist -- 3. Works of Art in the City -- 4. Urban Architecture -- 5. The Art Market and the Collecting of Art -- 6. The Cultural Centrality of Church and Court in the 17th and 18th Centuries.