Legacies of David Cranz's 'Historie von Grönland' (1765)

Jensz, Felicity; Petterson, Christina

Fachbuch (Herausgegebenes Buch) | Peer reviewed

Zusammenfassung

This book brings together interdisciplinary scholars from history, theology, folklore, ethnology and meteorology to examine how David Cranz’s Historie von Grönland (1765) resonated in various disciplines, periods and countries. Collectively the contributors demonstrate the reach of the book beyond its initial purpose as a record of missionary work, and into secular and political fields beyond Greenland and Germany. The chapters also reveal how the book contributed to broader discussions and conceptualizations of Greenland as part of the Atlantic world. The interdisciplinary scope of the volume allows for a layered reading of Cranz’s book that demonstrates how different meanings could be drawn from the book in different contexts and how the book resonated throughout time and space. It also makes the broader argument that the construction of the Artic in the eighteenth century broadened our understanding of the Atlantic.

Details zur Publikation

VerlagPalgrave Macmillan
ErscheinungsortCham
Titel der ReiheChristianities in the Trans-Atlantic World
StatusVeröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr2021
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst istEnglisch
ISBN978-3-030-63997-6
DOI10.1007/978-3-030-63998-3
StichwörterGreenladn; Arctic; evangelicalism; colonialistation, Indigenous Studies

Herausgeber*innen der Universität Münster

Jensz, Felicity Ann
Exzellenzcluster 2060 - Religion und Politik. Dynamiken von Tradition und Innovation