False Fire: The Wartburg Book-Burning of 1817
| Autor: | Steven Michael Press |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | Central European History. 42:621-646 |
| ISSN: | 1569-1616 0008-9389 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0008938909991014 |
| Popis: | A twenty-first-century visitor must find it difficult to imagine that the Thuringian city of Eisenach, lately known for its shopping, once held a place in the collective memory of Germans. On October 18, 1817, 450 students descended upon Eisenach for the Wartburg Festival, a two-day commemoration of the tricentenary of Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and the fourth anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig. Drawing on the symbolic power of nearby Wartburg Castle, best known as Luther's hideout in 1521, the festival witnessed a number of songs and speeches calling peacefully for the introduction of reforms by German governments. But that was only part of the story. In a sideshow to the official proceedings, a handful of students also claimed to throw “reactionary” literature into a bonfire, thus interesting police across Europe. |
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