| Full Title |
Ad Iustum Sincerum Epistola Politica de Peregrinationibus Germanorum recte & rite iuxta inferiorem civilem prudentiam instituendis |
| Translated Title |
Political letter to Iustum Sincerum about the travelling of the German people, in order to establish rightly and according to costume some minor social political rule. |
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| Language |
Latin |
| Year |
c. 1669 |
| Text Type |
Academic discourse (e.g. university dissertations and orations) |
| Available Online |
No |
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| Prose / Verse |
prose |
| Themes |
- ClassModel
- DescrScheme
- DissUtility
- MoralConsid
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| Activity Zones |
- German States
- Switzerland
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| Authorship Notes |
This book by Oldenburger (under the pseudonym Constantinus Germanicus) used the method of state description introduced by his professor, Hermann Conring, but turned it into a highly critical portrayal of various German states. It caused a serious scandal, was confiscated in several states, and Conring himself took distance from his former pupil.
At the same time, this "Epistola politica" is, in itself, an apodemic text, quoting earlier works of the genre and discussing the methods and topics to be described in a state. It introduces a schema for observations and description with a tripartite classification between Urbes, Civitas and Respublica (places, social relations and political system). |
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