Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.29162/pv.40.1.353

Proverbiality in the Chronicles of Reformation by Johannes Salat (1498–1561)

Stephan Frech orcid.org/0000-0001-9863-1019

Abstract

The chronicle of the Lucerne court clerk Johannes Salat describes the beginnings of the Swiss Reformation from a Catholic perspective. Through the wisdom attributed to proverbs, Salat places the events in a pre-structured interpretive context and remains impartial as
a chronicler. The study aims to show the use of proverbs in their concrete manifestations: Mostly they are integrated into the text as proverbial sayings or phrasemes and therefore require syntactic adaptation. In order to adapt
them to the context, their content is modified and often supplemented. Examples such as the Wolf im Schafspelz will be used to illustrate the linguistic tropes, in which proverbs and phrasemes can be recognised, with which the chronicler warns of the dangers that emanate from the teachings of Luther and Zwingli from an Old Faith perspective: Temptation, destruction and chaos.

Keywords

historical phraseology, proverb, Reformation, Johannes Salat

Hrčak ID:

306137

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/306137

Publication date:

16.7.2023.

Article data in other languages: german

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