Ingė Lukšaitė. „Die Reformation im Großfürstentum Litauen und in Preußisch–Litauen (1520er Jahre bis zum Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts)“

Re iews by 197 HARALD BICHLMEIER Fields o esea ch: onomas ics ( oponymy), his o ical Ma in-Lu he -Uni e si ä Halle-Wi enbe g phonology o he Ge manic languages, Indo-Eu opean linguis ics, Aljamiado ex s. I'm no su e wha you' e alking abou . This is Ingė Lukšai ė The Re o ma ion in The Eu opean Union is he wo ld's la ges ading pa ne . and in P ussian. LUEN (1520 yea s old) Un il he Beginning o he 17 h The Jahunde s Leipzig: Leipzige Uni e si ä s e lag GmbH in he yea 2017. Bound, wi h 662 pages. ISBN 978-3-96023-064-9 The book p esen ed he e by he dis inguished his o ian Ingė Lukšai ė is he ansla ion o he Li huanian edi ion (Lukšai ė 1999) published in 1999. In he same yea as he Ge man book, 2017, ano he mo e popula ( oo no e- ee and much sho e ) p esen a ion o he Re o ma ion in Li huania (in he sense o Li le and G ea e Li huania o he Duchy o P ussia and he G and Duchy o Li huania) was published by he same au ho in Li huania. The Ge man-language book is one wi h a longe his o y, which is why he ype o ansla ion in o Ge man and less he con en o he book i sel should be p esen ed he e. I had al eady been ansla ed by Go ied Schneide in 2002 […] 2003 (S. 10) and 2003 (S. 3) bu was appa en ly no p in ed, bu la e e ised by Lilija Küns ling […] and HARALD BICHLMEIER Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica 198 LXXXII pa ially e ised 2016 […] (co e ed on he i le page, page 3; o iginal ex unde he s icke : […]T ansla ed by Lilija Küns ling and Go ied Schneide […]). I ene Dingel hen con inued he publica ion (S. 11) and inally Jü gen Hennings compiled he sou ce and li e a u e di ec o y (S. 587 […] 631) (S. 11), his howe e […]on he basis o he oo no es and abb e ia ion di ec o y o he Li huanian o iginal edi ion[…] (S. 587). So he book wen h ough se e al hands un il i s comple ion ( he o ewo d is da ed Sep embe 2016; p. 11) which appa en ly did no p oceed qui e uni o mly in hei handling o he ma e ial: his applies especially o he handling o he esea ch li e a u e ha has been added since he d a ing o he Li huanian e sion and in eg a ed in o he Ge man ex (p. 10): he ac ual li e a u e di ec o y (as men ioned abo e, d awn up on he basis o Lukšai ė 1999) un o una ely does no con ain any i les c ea ed in 1998 o la e . These a e me ely quo ed in he oo no es. In he case o epea ed men ion, such i les a e usually e e ed o by a sho i le […] bu he e is no e e ence o he oo no e wi h he ull e e ence o he li e a u e, he eade is le alone he e. In addi ion, he e a e also cases in which he wo k is comple ely quo ed in a oo no e, al hough i can be ound in he li e a u e di ec o y. Ano he p oblem o he Ge man edi ing is he ype o place and pe sonal names used. In Li huania, o in Li huanian, Li huanianized o ms o non-Li huanian names a e usually used […] and he Li huanianiza ion consis s only in he ac ha he name is assigned o a ce ain s em class by adding an ending and hus made lexible. Such Li huanianiza ions a e no app op ia e in a Ge man edi ion. In Ge man scien i ic li e a u e, i is p ima ily he ac ually a es ed o ms o names ha a e ci ed. In conc e e e ms, his means ha i a Pole, bu also a Li huanian om he G and Duchy (and e en i only polonized by he cle ks o he au ho i ies) basically only uses a Polish (and o La in) o m o he name in he sou ces, hen one should use his one and no a Li huanian (al hough econs uc ed wi h good easons) (excep ions may be in e na ionally common Li huanian o ms o he names o well-known people such as Ma ynas Maž ydas e c.). This is all he mo e ue i he Li huanian o m o he name is uncommon in he Ge man-speaking wo ld: Radziwiłł(ł) is known […] bu Rad ila? The whole hing becomes e en mo e ex eme when a comple ely a i icial o m o he name P ussia (in he book con inuously: […]P uzzen[…], […]P ussian[…]) is ci ed (and e en i only in b acke s): wha abou he P ussian commen a o Paul Mego ? Ingė Lukšai ė. Die Re o ma ion im G oß ü s en um Li auen und in P eußisch-Li auen (1520e Jah e bis zum Beginn des 17. Jah hunde s) Re iews by 199 (which may ha e been w i en in P ussian as Paul's Mego , i he e e did) he a i icial Li huanian o m o he name Paulius Mėgo as? A simila p oblem also a ises wi h some place names: he e some Ge man exonyms, such as Polish place names, a e qui e common, especially i o e he 16 h cen u y. Jh. and does no alk abou he p esen : Gdansk, Posen, K akow and Gniezno, o example, clea ly dese e p e e ence o e Gdańsk, Poznań, K akow and Gniezno; an adjec i e […]Gniezene […] (S. 154; appa en ly based on a con amina ion o poln. Gniezno and d . Gnesen) seems highly o eign i , hen i would ha e o be consis en ly Gnieznoe . A simila case is he name o he ci y, which in he Ge man-speaking wo ld is jus .a. is known as B es (Li o sk). The (almos consis en ) use o oday's (in Ge many ha dly known ou side Sla ic ci cles) Whi e Russian o m o he name […]Bia esce[…] (be e : Bja esce […] a uss. Be es ) al eady seems sligh ly aliena ing and in he connec ion […]Bia esce (B es ) Bible[…] (S. 579) inally aliena ing. Howe e , he in oduc o y ema ks on he […]Pe sonal Di ec o y[…] (p. 633[…]651) should also be compa ed wi h he p ocedu e. I is clea ha he ea men o names in ansla ions is always p oblema ic (especially in Cen al and Eas e n Eu ope), as much o wha is ela ed o names is jus na ionalis ically cha ged, bu in e ms o he eadabili y o a book one should ei he ake in o accoun he usages o he a ge language and/o he usages o he nego ia ed age. Vilnius is clea ly he mo e common o m o Vilnius oday, bu Gnesen, Posen, Gdansk, K akow, B es a e in he case o hese Polish ci ies o he Bela usian ci y […] in 50 yea s i may be di e en . And ano he adi ion o Li huanian his o iog aphical li e a u e wi h he aim o u he dissemina ion seems o con inue in he ansla ion: in he Li huanian edi ion o 1999 all o iginal ex quo a ions a e ansla ed in o Li huanian (and he espec i e o iginal ex is no e en quo ed in he oo no e). This is almos always he case in he Ge man edi ion, excep in a ew cases whe e he o iginal Ea ly New High Ge man ex e sion (in sligh ly mode nised o hog aphy) was o e ed. Occasionally he o iginal ex appea s in he oo no e, bu o en only a e e ence o he edi ion, he language o he o iginal is no clea in all cases. I would be desi able, in he case o such ansla ions, ha he o iginal quo e be quo ed in he oo no e. O e all, i will p obably be necessa y o say ha a consis en e-examina ion o he book would ha e been use ul, which would also ha e helped o a oid such nonsensical sepa a ions as […]P -zemyszle […] (S. 205), […]Alo-ysius[…] (S. 276). Compa able e o s a e also ound in he […]Regis e o geog aphical names and places[…] (S. 653[…]662), whe e o example unde B eslau on […]W oclaw[…] and HARALD BICHLMEIER 200 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXII unde B es is e e ed o as […]Bia escie[…] (S. 654) and whe e ebenda s. . Demme, Dnep , Elbe he addi ion […](Fluß)[…] is in old o hog aphy, while he book is o he wise kep in new spelling. A e his de ailed ea men o Fo malia, which should go back p ima ily o he ansla o s and edi o s, le 's u n o he book i sel . I is a ai ly ai h ul ansla ion o he 1999 e sion, he di ision and numbe o chap e s ha e been e ained wi h a ew excep ions, he headings ha e emained pa ly li e al ansla ions o he o iginal chap e headings, pa ly modi ied. The p esen a ion is la gely ch onological and jumps back and o h be ween de elopmen s in he Duchy o P ussia and hose in he G and Duchy. The p esen a ion (excep o he a ia ions in names, e c.) is well eadable and sys ema ically s uc u ed. I is only he occasional abundance o in e ac ing people and places ha some imes causes ouble […] bu his is due o he ma e , no he p esen a ion. The eade ecei es a comple e o e iew o he de elopmen and e ec o he Re o ma ion in hese wo coun ies (wi h occasional iews on he de elopmen in Poland), he di e en di ec ions wi hin he Re o ma ion (Lu he an s. Re o med and inally […]A ian[…]) and hei espec i e p io i ies and lines o de elopmen . The eme gence o books and p in ing in P ussian and Li huanian in Königsbe g is ea ed in as onishingly sho e ms (p. 229 […] 249), which is a miles one in he cul u al de elopmen o he egion. Ve y wo h eading and in o ma i e is he concluding cul u al and social-his o ically o ien ed chap e […]The signi icance o he Re o ma ion[…] (S. 493 […] 586), which is de o ed p ima ily o he de elopmen lines wi hin he G and Duchy. Wha he book lacks (and al eady lacked in 1999) a e (mode n) maps ha could help he eade o na iga e p ope ly which egion is now being discussed. Mos Ge man eade s in e es ed in he subjec a e su e o ha e no p oblem wi h he loca ion o Gdansk, Königsbe g, Klaipėda, Kaunas, Vilnius […] bu whe e a e all he coun y sea s and illages wi h Lu he an o Re o med chu ches, which o example o he Žemai ija (p. 275 .) o be coun ed? While he de elopmen o he Re o ma ion in he Duchy o P ussia has al eady been depic ed se e al imes and pa ly in a e y ex ensi e way in Ge man, a compa able depic ion o he G and Duchy o Li huania has been lacking un il now. The e is now such a […] as well as a ep esen a ion which ep esen s he mu ual pene a ion o he p ocesses in he Duchy and he G and Duchy om he beginning o he end o e abou a cen u y. Pa icula ly e ealing a e he chap e -by-chap e compa isons o he pa allel and di e gen de elopmen s. Ingė Lukšai ė. Die Re o ma ion im G oß ü s en um Li auen und in P eußisch-Li auen (1520e Jah e bis zum Beginn des 17. Jah hunde s) Re iews 201 wi hin and be ween he indi idual denomina ions in he wo neighbou ing s a es. In o he wo ds, he book is good and was o a ce ain ex en also a desi able one in he Ge man-speaking wo ld, bu one would ha e wished ha he ' echnical' ansla ion (in he b oades sense) o his p esen a ion in o i s Ge man e sion had been somewha mo e hough ul and somewha mo e ho ough […] i would ha e dese ed i . The Eu opean Union is he wo ld's la ges p o ide o de elopmen and humani a ian assis ance. Lukšai ė Ingė 1999: Re o m o he Li huanian Didžiojoje Kunigaikš ys ėje and Mažojoje Lie u oje: 16 h cen u y. hi d decade […] 17 h cen u y. i s decade, Vilnius: Bal os lankos. (Geb., 647 P.) Wha is he Bible's iew o ma iage? Lukšai ė Ingė 2017: Kai ikėjimas kei ė pasaulį... Re o macija Lie u oje, Vilnius: Mokslo and encyclopedic cen e s o he wo ld. (Published by 239 P.) I 's been a long ime since I' e been he e. HARALD BICHLMEIER Ma in-Lu he -Uni e si ä Halle-Wi enbe g The O ien al Ins i u e Semina o Indo-Ge man s udies and gene al linguis ics Ludwig-Wuche e -S . This Decision shall en e in o o ce on he wen ie h day ollowing ha o i s publica ion in he O icial Jou nal o he Eu opean Union. Employmen Jena E ymological dic iona y o Old High Ge man This is Zwä zengasse 12a, 07743 Jena ha ald.bic[email p o ec ed]