| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
civic duty and the right of arms |
| Author: |
TlustyB. Ann, 1954- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Palgrave Connect (Online service) |
| Place of Publication: |
New York |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2011 |
| Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Series: |
Early modern history : society and culture |
| Subject: |
Military ethics - History. - Germany - |
| Subject: |
Military socialization - History. - Germany - |
| Subject: |
Masculinity - Social aspects - Germany - |
| Subject: |
Men - Attitudes - Germany - |
| Subject: |
Germany - History, Military. - |
| Subject: |
Germany - Militia - |
| Subject: |
Military Science. - |
| Subject: |
Social Science. - |
| Subject: |
HISTORY - Europe - |
| Subject: |
HISTORY - Military - |
| Subject: |
HISTORY - Social History. - |
| Subject: |
HISTORY - Modern - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230305519An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| Notes: |
Includes index. |
| Summary: |
For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms. Because the urban citizenry, made up of armed households, represented the armed power of the state, men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides. This book shows how civic institutions, peer pressure, and the courts all combined to create and repeatedly confirm masculine identity with blades and guns. Who had the right to bear arms, who was required to do so, who was forbidden or discouraged from using weapons: all these questions were central both to questions of political participation and to social and gender identity. As a result, there were few German households that were not stocked with weapons and few men who walked town streets without a side arm within easy reach. Laws aimed at preventing or containing violence could only be effective if they functioned in accordance with this framework. |
| ISBN: |
9780230305519electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230305512electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction Keeping the Peace: Household, Citizenship, and Defense Duty and Disorder Negotiating Armed Power: The Control of Arms and Violence The Age of the Sword: Norms of Honor and Fashion Keeping and Bearing Arms: Norms of Status and Gender In and Out of the Commune: The Social Boundaries of Citizenship Martial Sports and the Technological Challenge Communities in Conflict: Competing Jurisdictions in the Empire Citizens versus the State: Household, Community, and Urban Politics Conclusion Bibliography Index. Machine generated contents note: Introduction Keeping the Peace: Household, Citizenship, and Defense Duty and Disorder Negotiating Armed Power: The Control of Arms and Violence The Age of the Sword: Norms of Honor and Fashion Keeping and Bearing Arms: Norms of Status and Gender In and Out of the Commune: The Social Boundaries of Citizenship Martial Sports and the Technological Challenge Communities in Conflict: Competing Jurisdictions in the Empire Citizens versus the State: Household, Community, and Urban Politics Conclusion Bibliography Index. |