Norfish 07 German Herring Fishery 1520– 1790

Arguably the greatest impact on the German herring fishery in the period 1520-1790 was the fact that Germany was a conglomeration of small Principalities and Protectorates under the loose leadership of a Holy Roman Emperor which radically changed during the Reformation. Instigated by Martin Luther in 1521 the act of protestation against the Roman Catholic Church’s engagement in political and state affairs led to the Peasant’s War of 1524-25. The upshot of this process was a printing revolution which saw more than 10,000 pamphlet titles published by 1530, spreading the religious and political message of reform and change to the population (Edwards 1994).

无可争议，1520年至1790年间对德国鲱鱼捕捞业影响最为深远的事件，莫过于德国在这一时期由众多小公国和保护区组成，受神圣罗马帝国松散领导的事实，这一状况在宗教改革期间发生了根本性的变化。马丁·路德于1521年发起了对罗马天主教会在政治和国家事务中涉足的抗议活动，进而引发了1524-1525年的农民战争。这一过程的最终结果是印刷革命的兴起，至1530年，已有超过10,000种小册子标题出版，将改革与变革的宗教和政治信息传播至民众之中（Edwards 1994）。