ࡱ> 241  bjbj 4;;;;;OOOOc OYLo```$G>;`````;;`4;;`=O )0Y";Xl``````````Y````````````` :  Above Us Only Sky The Parish Republic of Gersau in the Early Modern Period My general field isthe social and cultural history of German-speaking Europe and England(c. 1400-1800).In particular, I am interested in social exchange in premodern towns and villages. Previous studies have focused on late medieval English parishes and public houses in early modern Bern/Bavaria. My current microhistorical project centres on the village of Gersau on Lake Lucerne,a self-governing mini-republic (with patronage rights over its own church) from the late Middle Ages to 1798. This parish of some 1000 souls, with no nobility and only loose ties to four SwissCatholic cantons,provides a unique opportunity to study a genuinely popular regime, i.e. early modern political, socio-economic and religious life with minimal pressure from above. Research questions include the (self-)perception of such an unusual socio-political unit; the (lack of) impact of general macro-historical processes like state formation, confessionalization and the rise of script/print; the emergence of early industry in a backward Catholic/agricultural environment; the mental horizons of Gersaus inhabitants; and the delicate balance between communal bonds and socio-political tensions. The empirical base consists of charters, laws and court records held in Gersaus own archive and relevant holdings in the repositories of neighbouring cantons. Beat Kmin, June 2009  HYPERLINK "mailto:b.kumin@warwick.ac.uk" b.kumin@warwick.ac.uk NOP | ~ ! A K L M N  ƺƩƺƺƙvffffhjiCJOJQJaJnH tH hf0CJOJQJaJnH tH $hf0hf0CJOJQJaJnH tH h0^CJOJQJaJnH tH  hf0hf00JCJOJQJaJh0^CJOJQJaJhf0hf0CJOJQJaJhf05CJOJQJaJhf0hf05CJOJQJaJhji5CJOJQJaJ#NOP} ~ N O dh5$7$8$9DH$gdf0dh5$7$8$9DH$gd0^dhgd0^dhgdf0 $dha$gdf0 ۳hf0hs<CJOJQJaJhf0hf0CJOJQJaJ$hf0h0^CJOJQJaJnH tH (hW?h0^0JCJOJQJaJnH tH h0^CJOJQJaJnH tH 'jh0^CJOJQJUaJnH tH  21h:p}. A!"#$% ^ 666666666vvvvvvvvv666666>6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666hH6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666662 0@P`p2( 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p8XV~_HmH nH sH tH T`T f0Normal5$7$8$9DH$CJOJQJ_HmH sH tH DA`D Default Paragraph FontRi@R 0 Table Normal4 l4a (k ( 0No List .X`. f0@Emphasis6]6U@6 0^0 Hyperlink >*B*phPK![Content_Types].xmlj0Eжr(΢Iw},-j4 wP-t#bΙ{UTU^hd}㨫)*1P' ^W0)T9<l#$yi};~@(Hu* Dנz/0ǰ $ X3aZ,D0j~3߶b~i>3\`?/[G\!-Rk.sԻ..a濭?PK!֧6 _rels/.relsj0 }Q%v/C/}(h"O = C?hv=Ʌ%[xp{۵_Pѣ<1H0ORBdJE4b$q_6LR7`0̞O,En7Lib/SeеPK!kytheme/theme/themeManager.xml M @}w7c(EbˮCAǠҟ7՛K Y, e.|,H,lxɴIsQ}#Ր ֵ+!,^$j=GW)E+& 8PK!Ptheme/theme/theme1.xmlYOo6w toc'vuر-MniP@I}úama[إ4:lЯGRX^6؊>$ !)O^rC$y@/yH*񄴽)޵߻UDb`}"qۋJחX^)I`nEp)liV[]1M<OP6r=zgbIguSebORD۫qu gZo~ٺlAplxpT0+[}`jzAV2Fi@qv֬5\|ʜ̭NleXdsjcs7f W+Ն7`g ȘJj|h(KD- dXiJ؇(x$( :;˹! I_TS 1?E??ZBΪmU/?~xY'y5g&΋/ɋ>GMGeD3Vq%'#q$8K)fw9:ĵ x}rxwr:\TZaG*y8IjbRc|XŻǿI u3KGnD1NIBs RuK>V.EL+M2#'fi ~V vl{u8zH *:(W☕ ~JTe\O*tHGHY}KNP*ݾ˦TѼ9/#A7qZ$*c?qUnwN%Oi4 =3ڗP 1Pm \\9Mؓ2aD];Yt\[x]}Wr|]g- eW )6-rCSj id DЇAΜIqbJ#x꺃 6k#ASh&ʌt(Q%p%m&]caSl=X\P1Mh9MVdDAaVB[݈fJíP|8 քAV^f Hn- "d>znNJ ة>b&2vKyϼD:,AGm\nziÙ.uχYC6OMf3or$5NHT[XF64T,ќM0E)`#5XY`פ;%1U٥m;R>QD DcpU'&LE/pm%]8firS4d 7y\`JnίI R3U~7+׸#m qBiDi*L69mY&iHE=(K&N!V.KeLDĕ{D vEꦚdeNƟe(MN9ߜR6&3(a/DUz<{ˊYȳV)9Z[4^n5!J?Q3eBoCM m<.vpIYfZY_p[=al-Y}Nc͙ŋ4vfavl'SA8|*u{-ߟ0%M07%<ҍPK! ѐ'theme/theme/_rels/themeManager.xml.relsM 0wooӺ&݈Э5 6?$Q ,.aic21h:qm@RN;d`o7gK(M&$R(.1r'JЊT8V"AȻHu}|$b{P8g/]QAsم(#L[PK-![Content_Types].xmlPK-!֧6 +_rels/.relsPK-!kytheme/theme/themeManager.xmlPK-!Ptheme/theme/theme1.xmlPK-! ѐ' theme/theme/_rels/themeManager.xml.relsPK]    X8@0(  B S  ? Fjj>I>/#w9 %*LFw9>j>o]LFI/#o] %*  T}s<|~,Kz.I>HI,S[S[0^SiYi\e Zff0 &ji}@@UnknownG* Times New Roman5Symbol3. * ArialS PalatinoBook AntiquaA BCambria Math"1h֦#֦  !r0 2qHX?f00!xxhyscdhyscdOh+'0h  $ 0 <HPX`hyscdNormalhyscd1Microsoft Office Word@캃@t@՜.+,D՜.+,@ hp  University of TV   Title 8@ _PID_HLINKSAtuKmailto:b.kumin@warwick.ac.ukW   "#$%&'(*+,-./03Root Entry FpE5Data  1TableWordDocument4SummaryInformation(!DocumentSummaryInformation8)CompObjy  F'Microsoft Office Word 97-2003 Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q