The Journals of the Moravian Mission to Georgia, 1734–1737
Lehigh University Press (Verlag)
9781611463569 (ISBN)
This book offers the first English translation of journals written by four leading figures in the Moravian Church who spent time in the British colony of Georgia between 1735 and 1737. Authored by August Gottlieb Spangenberg, David Nitschmann, Johann Töltschig, and Johann Andreas Dober, these documents are a vital source of historical and cultural information. Offering new insights into the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, the journals address a range of fascinating topics, including missionary travel to the Americas, life in colonial Georgia, and Moravian theology and practices. Originally written in an archaic script and housed in a remote German archive, the journals have not been widely available to readers until the publication of this book. Presenting a valuable resource for scholars and general audiences alike, John Thomas Scott and Achim Kopp have translated the diaries into a readable version of English that also remains faithful to the original German. In addition to featuring explanatory annotations of the journal entries, the book also includes a list of the Moravians who travelled to the Georgia colony, profiles of the settlers and of each of the journal authors, and a timeline of the Georgia Moravian settlement. Supported by this contextual apparatus, The Journals of the Moravian Mission to Georgia offers an important new perspective on a key historical moment in the founding of the modern West.
Achim Kopp is professor of foreign languages and literatures and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Mercer University. John Thomas Scott is professor of history and chair of the History Department at Mercer University.
Introduction
Georgia Moravian Timeline
List of Settlers
Profiles of the Moravian Journal Authors
Profiles of the Moravian Settlers
Maps
Chapter 1—Journal of August Gottlieb Spangenberg, December 28, 1734 - January 26, 1735 and January 12 - March 16, 1736 (with reminiscences back to the summer of 1735)
Chapter 2—Journal of David Nitschmann (Bishop), August 8, 1735 - February 17, 1736
Chapter 3—Journal of Johann Töltschig, April 1, 1736 - October 16, 1737
Chapter 4—Journal of Andreas Dober, August 5, 1735 - February 22, 1736 and December 2, 1736 - March 6, 1737
Appendix A: “‘We Have Come to Georgia With Pure Intentions’: Moravian Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg’s Letters From Savannah, 1735.” Translated and edited by George Fenwick Jones and Paul Martin Peucker. Georgia Historical Quarterly 82, no. 1 (1998): 84-120.
Appendix B: Catalogue of Alternate Spellings of Names and Terms Contained in the Moravian Journals
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.09.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World |
| Zusatzinfo | 5 Maps |
| Verlagsort | Cranbury |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 241 mm |
| Gewicht | 649 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781611463569 / 9781611463569 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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