Zsákok, könyvek, puskapor - történeti rémhírek anatómiája
Bags, Books, and Gunpowder: Anatomy of Historical Rumor Stories
Author(s): Veronika NovákSubject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: alarming rumors; narratives; motives; fear;; Paris; 15-16th centuries
Summary/Abstract: The paper draws first a brief methodological draft on the relation of history and alarming rumors, and presents some possible approaches mainly from French historiography. Then it proposes to analyze some late medieval and early modern rumor stories, appearing in Parisian chronicles and diaries. It shows how the elements of historical change are fitted in these stories and tries to demonstrate the complexity of relations between reality, fears, attitudes, experiences and rumor stories.
Journal: Korunk
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 25-31
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Hungarian