Intermedialität und die politisch-konfessionelle Propaganda im Dreißigjährigen Krieg. Ein Fallbeispiel aus der Rezeption von Tommaso Campanella

[Autom. eng. transl.] The reception of TC in Germany is a particularly interesting case in the history of German-Italian and Catholic-Protestant cultural relations. It shows the dense interweaving of political and denominational issues and the linguistic and media arguments used by the Catholic, Protestant and Reformed Camps fought against each other. In this media battle, in which print media such as pamphlets and leaflets played a decisive role, writings and opinions of the opposing party were often adopted, deliberately reinterpreted and used effectively for propaganda purposes. This happened especially in the critical phases of the conflict, when it was a matter of influencing, motivating and moving the public. Using a concrete example, the illustrated flyer Trummel der Ligae (1632), it is shown how political-confessional propaganda used extremely effective communicative strategies to influence the public. Through the structural analysis of the leaflet, the individual aspects of the intermedia processing of the text are highlighted: media combination (text and image), intertextuality and cross-text references, visual-auditory perception or the covert interaction with heterogeneous media such as theater or liturgical prayer.