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Article: Germanic Languages & Literatures.
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- Michigan Academician
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Private Life in the Public Sphere in Early Modern Freiburg. Regina Smith, Grand Valley State University
The quaint old cities of Germany offer a charming picture, often leading us to project an idealized image of life in earlier times. However, what we imagine as snug and cozy was in fact usually crowded, with a house often being occupied by more than one family. There were servants, apprentices, and hoarders, and sometimes even soldiers who were quartered in private homes. This crowding, along with the tightly knit social network of the neighborhood, led to much that we now consider part of private life being conducted in the public sphere, often literally on ...