Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung / Journal of East Central European Studies (ZfO)
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Jan Tesař: The History of Scientific Atheism. A Comparative Study of Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union (1954–1991).
Get PDFNicolas Daniel Winkler: Vorstellungen politischer Ordnung in Litauen. Entwicklun¬gen und Diskussionen seit dem nationalen Erwachen (im frühen 19. Jh.). (Studien zur Ost-mitteleuropaforschung, Bd. 41.)
Get PDFIrene Hauser: Dziennik z Getta Łódzkiego / Das Tagebuch aus dem Lodzer Getto. Hrsg. von Ewa Wiatr und Krystyna Radziszewska.
Get PDFArchitectural Competitions as an Avenue of Promotion in the “New German East”
No full textThis article deals with architectural competitions as an important element in how German architects pursued careers in occupied Poland. Reports on the competitions were the subject of numerous press articles — both in the daily press and specialist newspapers. Via these channels, information about the projects submitted reached a wide audience—the German settlers—and shaped their ideas about the hitherto alien Polish territories. My analysis is based on examples taken from various competitions in the Warthegau. I examine both the aesthetics of the submissions and how they were presented in the newspapers with textual commentaries. This reveals that press coverage gave the projects a significance similar to that of newly completed buildings and that, in a broad sense, the topic of architecture became an important tool of propaganda. This was also a way to convince the society of the successes achieved by the Germans in the occupied territories and to reinforce a sense of the stability of the new German authorities during the war.This article deals with architectural competitions as an important element in how German architects pursued careers in occupied Poland. Reports on the competitions were the subject of numerous press articles — both in the daily press and specialist newspapers. Via these channels, information about the projects submitted reached a wide audience—the German settlers—and shaped their ideas about the hitherto alien Polish territories. My analysis is based on examples taken from various competitions in the Warthegau. I examine both the aesthetics of the submissions and how they were presented in the newspapers with textual commentaries. This reveals that press coverage gave the projects a significance similar to that of newly completed buildings and that, in a broad sense, the topic of architecture became an important tool of propaganda. This was also a way to convince the society of the successes achieved by the Germans in the occupied territories and to reinforce a sense of the stability of the new German authorities during the war
Gesine Schmidt: Jüdisches Leben in Lissa/Leszno. Das Schicksal der Familien Metz und Sachs aus der Provinz Posen.
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„Gegen die vermalediden ketzer und affgesneden Ruyssen und ungelovigen Tarteren“. Bedrohungskommunikation im Rahmen der Livländischen Ablasskampagnen (1503–1510)
No full textThreat discourses were only a small part of the official rhetoric during the two indulgence campaigns from 1503 to 1510, organized and carried out by the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order to finance their troops for the expected continuation of military conflicts with the neighboring states of Pskov and Muscovy. In a time of growing critique against the theological and monetary aspects of the increasing number of campaigns, more efforts were invested in advertising the spiritual advantages of receiving a letter of indulgence. Nevertheless, the indulgence preachers also shared the Livonian view of their Russian adversaries into the Holy Roman Empire. The aim of this article is to evaluate the possible impact of the Livonian campaigns on the Western perspective on Muscovy. The discourse of a Russian threat can be found in almost all media related to the Livonian campaigns, most prominent the Schonne hysthorie of 1508. To different degrees, the instructions, sermons, and propaganda texts described Livonia’s Muscovite and Pskovian enemies as a threat not only to the Order and the Christians in the Baltic, but also to Christianity itself. But the comparison of the sources also shows that the overall communication of a Russian threat failed in establishing an anti-Russian perspective in the Western part of the Holy Roman Empire in the first quarter of the sixteenth century.Threat discourses were only a small part of the official rhetoric during the two indulgence campaigns from 1503 to 1510, organized and carried out by the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order to finance their troops for the expected continuation of military conflicts with the neighboring states of Pskov and Muscovy. In a time of growing critique against the theological and monetary aspects of the increasing number of campaigns, more efforts were invested in advertising the spiritual advantages of receiving a letter of indulgence. Nevertheless, the indulgence preachers also shared the Livonian view of their Russian adversaries into the Holy Roman Empire. The aim of this article is to evaluate the possible impact of the Livonian campaigns on the Western perspective on Muscovy. The discourse of a Russian threat can be found in almost all media related to the Livonian campaigns, most prominent the Schonne hysthorie of 1508. To different degrees, the instructions, sermons, and propaganda texts described Livonia’s Muscovite and Pskovian enemies as a threat not only to the Order and the Christians in the Baltic, but also to Christianity itself. But the comparison of the sources also shows that the overall communication of a Russian threat failed in establishing an anti-Russian perspective in the Western part of the Holy Roman Empire in the first quarter of the sixteenth century
Von propositio bis consensus. Die Päpste, die ungarischen Könige und die kanonischen Wahlen in der ungarischen Kirche im 13. Jahrhundert
No full textThis paper discusses a special aspect of the Papal-Hungarian relations, the emergence of the canonical regulations in the archbishop and bishop elections in the Hungarian church from the late twelfth century. The study focuses on the actions of the popes regarding those elections. Furthermore, it examines how the regulations of the canon law influenced the situation in Hungary, and in which cases and under what circumstances the members of the cathedral-chapters, or the suffragan-bishops turned to the Apostolic See in cases of disputed elections. The paper also inquires into the role the Hungarian rulers played in the elections of the thirteenth century and looks at how they managed to help their candidates to receive the offices they sought. A further focus is on the question of whether there were significant clashes between ecclesiastical and lay power, sacerdotium and regnum in thir¬teenth century-Hungary and whether the elections really were a source of conflict between the popes and the Hungarian kings. Lastly, the paper identifies and analyzes which tenden¬cies existed until the outset of the fourteenth century regarding the above-mentioned ques¬tions, and, because a comparative approach is also necessary, evaluates these tendencies in light of the situation in other regions of Western Christendom.This paper discusses a special aspect of the Papal-Hungarian relations, the emergence of the canonical regulations in the archbishop and bishop elections in the Hungarian church from the late twelfth century. The study focuses on the actions of the popes regarding those elections. Furthermore, it examines how the regulations of the canon law influenced the situation in Hungary, and in which cases and under what circumstances the members of the cathedral-chapters, or the suffragan-bishops turned to the Apostolic See in cases of disputed elections. The paper also inquires into the role the Hungarian rulers played in the elections of the thirteenth century and looks at how they managed to help their candidates to receive the offices they sought. A further focus is on the question of whether there were significant clashes between ecclesiastical and lay power, sacerdotium and regnum in thir¬teenth century-Hungary and whether the elections really were a source of conflict between the popes and the Hungarian kings. Lastly, the paper identifies and analyzes which tenden¬cies existed until the outset of the fourteenth century regarding the above-mentioned ques¬tions, and, because a comparative approach is also necessary, evaluates these tendencies in light of the situation in other regions of Western Christendom
