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Title: German Culture Past and Present

Author: Ernest Belfort Bax

Release Date: January 27, 2007 [EBook #20461]

Language: English

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GERMAN CULTURE
PAST AND PRESENT

BY
ERNEST BELFORT BAX

AUTHOR OF "JEAN PAUL MARAT," "THE RELIGION
OF SOCIALISM," "THE ETHICS OF SOCIALISM,"
"THE ROOTS OF REALITY," ETC., ETC.

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, LTD.
RUSKIN HOUSE 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C.

_First published in 1915_
[_All rights reserved_]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

INTRODUCTORY:--SITUATION IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 7

I. THE REFORMATION MOVEMENT 65

II. POPULAR LITERATURE OF THE TIME 85

III. THE FOLKLORE OF REFORMATION GERMANY 99

IV. THE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN TOWN