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

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Editors:
  1. Felicity Jensz

    1. University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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  2. Christina Petterson

    1. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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  • Brings together interdisciplinary scholars from history, theology, folklore, ethnology and meteorology
  • Argues that the construction of the Artic in the eighteenth century broadened our understanding of the Atlantic
  • Examines how David Cranz’s Historie von Grönland (1765) resonated in various disciplines, periods and countries

Part of the book series: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World (CTAW)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: More than the Sum of Its Parts: David Cranz’s Historie von Grönland

    • Felicity Jensz, Christina Petterson
    Pages 1-26

  3. Religious Context and Reception

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Moravians in Greenland: Barren Shores and Fruitful Missions

      • Christina Petterson
      Pages 29-46

    3. David Cranz’s History of Greenland and Physico-theology

      • Kathrine Kjærgaard
      Pages 47-67

  5. Scientific Importance and Influence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Circulation of Arctic Knowledge Among German Protestants in the Eighteenth Century: The Example of David Cranz’s Historie von Grönland

      • Joanna Kodzik
      Pages 117-139

    3. Early Meteorological Observations in Greenland: The Contributions of David Cranz, Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein and Christopher Brasen

      • Gaston R. Demarée, Astrid E. J. Ogilvie
      Pages 141-164

    4. Greenland in Hungary: Inuit Culture and the Emergence of the Science of Anthropology in Late Eighteenth- to Early Nineteenth-Century Hungary

      • Ildikó Sz. Kristóf
      Pages 165-183

    5. The Soul of the Arctic: David Cranz’s Account of the Religion or Superstitions of the Greenlanders and Its Impact on Nineteenth-Century Descriptions of Religion in Greenland

      • Åmund Norum Resløkken
      Pages 185-205

  7. The Post-colonial Cranz

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. Cranz Revisited: Greenland in Greenland

      • Claire McLisky
      Pages 263-288

    3. Appendix: The Memoir of David Cranz (1723–1777)

      • Paul Peucker
      Pages 289-301

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 303-317
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Felicity Jensz

  • Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Christina Petterson

About the editors

Felicity Jensz is a Researcher in the Cluster of Excellence (2060) 'Religion and Politics' at the University of Münster, Germany.

Christina Petterson is a Researcher at the School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Legacies of David Cranz's 'Historie von Grönland' (1765)

  • Editors: Felicity Jensz, Christina Petterson

  • Series Title: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63998-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63997-6Published: 18 February 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64000-2Published: 19 February 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63998-3Published: 17 February 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5838

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5846

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 317

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, History of Religion, History of the Book

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