Networked nation : : mapping German cities in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia / / Jasper van Putten.

• VerfasserIn: Van Putten, Jasper,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Maps, Spaces, Cultures 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (377 pages) :; illustrations (some color), color maps.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction: Networked Nation /; Sebastian Münster and His City Views /; City Portraits /; The Origins, Politics, and Economics of the City View /; Bishops vs. Bürger /; Ottheinrich’s View of Heidelberg /; Depicting Swiss Pride /; The Evolution of the City Book /; Conclusion: New World, New Order /; Tables /; Appendix 1 Von Contrafhetung der stetten /; Appendix 2 Vermanung /; Appendix 3 Letter by Johann V von Isenburg-Grenzau /; Appendix 4 Analysis of the Genealogical Tree of Friedrich II and Ottheinrich /; Appendix 5 City View Title Pages – Latin Edition /; Appendix 6 City View Title Pages – German Edition /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004353968
• ISSN: 2352-7900
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jasper van Putten.

In Networked Nation: Mapping German Cities in Sebastian Münster’s 'Cosmographia' , Jasper van Putten examines the groundbreaking woodcut city views in the German humanist Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia . This description of the world, published in Basel from 1544 to 1628, glorified the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and engendered the city book genre. Van Putten argues that Münster’s network of city view makers and contributors—from German princes and artists to Swiss woodcutters, draftsmen, and printers—expressed their local and national cultural identities in the views. The Cosmographia , and the city books it inspired, offer insights into the development of German and Swiss identity from 1550 to Switzerland’s independence from the empire in 1648.