Hausväterliteratur in the Education and Spirituality of a Nobleman in the Early Modern Era

• Authors: Lucie Rychnová , Beáta Akimjaková , Viliam Judák , Ľubomír Hlad , Anton Ďatelinka

Abstracts

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Aim. The aim of this study is to discuss how important the so-called Hausväterliteratur genre was in the education and spirituality of (not only) aristocrats in the Early Modern Era. Concept. This article will introduce the Hausväterliteratur as a literary genre that strongly influenced the spirituality and morality of its readers –householders, administrators of property, and their wives. Methods. The method applied was text analysis. The social history method based on research of the primary sources was also employed. Results. The study confirms that the treatises of the so-called Hausväterliteratur genre, kept in high numbers in European libraries in the Early Modern Age, carry a certain type of spirituality which calls for “true Christian life” following what was often a Protestant pattern (exhortation for frequent reading of the Bible). Conclusion. Most of these books outline an ideal of the Christian life, characterised by the establishment of an order within the “household”, or “house”, i.e., the family in the broader sense, including both the manor owner and those closest to him as well as all his subjects and servants.

Keywords

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Hausväterliteratur; Early Modern Era; spirituality; morality; Early Modern Literature

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 503-514

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

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Lucie Rychnová

• Department of Chemical Technology of Monument Conservation, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Praha 6 – Dejvice, Czech Republic

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Beáta Akimjaková

• Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, The Catholic University in Ružomberok, Hrabovská cesta 1A, 034 01 Ružomberok, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000000336635836

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Viliam Judák

• Department of Philosophy and Historical Science, Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Comenius University in Bratislava, Kapitulská 26, 814 58 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000000344154776

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Ľubomír Hlad

• Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Hodžova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000000348575578

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Anton Ďatelinka

• Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Comenius University in Bratislava, Kapitulská 26, 814 58 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000000172644954

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs2022.2.503.514

Biblioteka Nauki

18653952