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A look into an enchanting, underexplored genre of illustrated manuscripts that reveals new insights into urban life in the Middle Ages. In this innovative study, Nina Rowe examines a curious genre of illustrated book that gained popularity among the newly emergent middle class of late medieval cities. These illuminated world chronicles, produced in the Bavarian and Austrian regions from around 1330 to 1430, were the popular histories of their day, telling tales from the Bible, ancient mythology, and the lives of emperors in animated, vernacular verse, enhanced by dynamic images. Rowe's appraisal of these understudied books presents a rich world of storytelling modes, offering unprecedented insight into the non-noble social strata in a transformative epoch. Through a multidisciplinary approach, Rowe also shows how illuminated world chronicles challenge the commonly held view of the Middle Ages as socially stagnant and homogeneously pious. Beautifully illustrated and backed by abundant and accessible analyses of social, economic, and political conditions, this book highlights the engaging character of secular literature during the late medieval era and the relationship of illustrated books to a socially diverse and vibrant urban sphere.

Book history --- Sociology of literature --- anno 1300-1399 --- anno 1400-1499 --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, German --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Austrian --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval --- World history --- 091.31 "-/13" --- 091.31 "-/14" --- 091.31 <43> --- 091.31 <436> --- 091.31 "-/13" Verluchte handschriften--Veertiende eeuw. Periode 1300-1399 --- Verluchte handschriften--Veertiende eeuw. Periode 1300-1399 --- 091.31 <436> Verluchte handschriften--Oostenrijk --- Verluchte handschriften--Oostenrijk --- 091.31 <43> Verluchte handschriften--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- Verluchte handschriften--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- 091.31 "-/14" Verluchte handschriften--Vijftiende eeuw. Periode 1400-1499 --- Verluchte handschriften--Vijftiende eeuw. Periode 1400-1499 --- German illumination of books and manuscripts --- Painting, Medieval --- Austrian illumination of books and manuscripts --- History --- Early works to 1800 --- book history --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. --- Cities and towns in art. --- City and town life in art. --- History in art. --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, German. --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Austrian. --- Enluminure allemande --- Enluminure autrichienne --- Enluminure médiévale. --- Histoire universelle --- Vie urbaine dans l'art. --- Histoire dans l'art. --- Enluminure allemande. --- Enluminure autrichienne. --- Enluminure médiévale --- histories (visual works) --- Enluminure médiévale --- Manuscrits à peintures allemands. --- Historiography. --- Themes, motives. --- History. --- Histoire. --- Historiographie. --- Thèmes, motifs.