Vienna in light of an anonymous travel diary from 1700 Cover Image

Wiedeń w świetle anonimowego diariusza podróży z 1700 roku
Vienna in light of an anonymous travel diary from 1700

Author(s): Aleksandra Ziober
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: travels; travel diary; Vienna;

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, the author presents and analyzes a previously unknown anonymous travel diary from 1700, preserved in the collection of the Vilnius University Library. The most important aspects of this text are pointed out, including the sights of Vienna as well as customs related to celebration of religious festivities in the Habsburg monarchy and activities of the royal family. The article is in a way a starting point of both further analysis and preparing a source edition of the described travel diary.

  • Issue Year: 78/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 61-75
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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