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Jenatsch's Axe: Social Boundaries, Identity, and Myth in the Era of the Thirty Years' War

Jenatsch's Axe: Social Boundaries, Identity, and Myth in the Era of the Thirty Years' War

Head, Randolph C.

Paperback

Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe

Biographies GeneralGeneral World History

ISBN10: 158046565X
ISBN13: 9781580465656
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: Apr 15 2016
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A richly documented investigation of a well-known figure in Swiss history who crossed diverse social and cultural boundaries in pre-modern Europe.

During the turbulent events of Europe's Thirty Years' War, both ruthlessness and adaptability were crucial ingredients for success. In this engaging volume, Randolph C. Head traces the career of an extraordinarily adaptable and ruthless figure, George Jenatsch (1596-1639). Born a Protestant pastor's son, Jenatsch's career took him from the clergy to the military to the nobility. A passionate Calvinist in his youth, he converted to Catholicism and prudenceas his power grew. A native speaker of the Romansh language, he crossed the boundaries of language and local loyalty in his service to France, Venice, and his own people. Violence marked every turning point of his life. After fleeing the Holy Massacre of Protestants in the Valtellina in 1620, Jenatsch helped assassinate the powerful George Jenatsch in 1621, using an axe. He killed his commanding officer in a duel in 1629, and his own life ended in a tavern in 1639 when he was murdered -- with an axe -- by a man dressed as a bear.

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