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Joseph of Lorraine

Innsbruck, 20 Oct 1685 – Battle of Cassano, 25 Aug 1705

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A life in time

  1. 20 Oct 1685

    Born in Innsbruck

  2. 25 Aug 1705

    Dies in Battle of Cassano, aged 19

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During his lifetime

He lived through 3 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Innsbruck.

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The 1680s · Joseph is born in Innsbruck

In the news1683

Second Turkish Siege of Vienna

Ottoman forces initiated the second Turkish Siege of Vienna, leading to widespread destruction in the surrounding area until they were defeated in September.

Getting around

Dangers of traveling by day

Travelers mostly journeyed during the day because roads were rough, uneven, and prone to dangers like highwaymen and accidents, making nighttime travel unsafe.

In the news1686

1686 ban on Reformed religion

Following pressure from Louis XIV, Duke Victor Amadeus II issued an edict on 31 January 1686 that prohibited the Reformed religion and forced Waldensians to choose between conversion or exile.

Daily life

Life in the smoke kitchen

Cooking happened in smoke kitchens where food was prepared over open fires, often sharing space with poultry kept inside at night.

What people wore

Feast day finery and marital status attire

On feast days, rural people wore finer versions of their clothing, such as a blouse made of fine linen (harbene Pfoad) compared to the coarse linen (rupferne Pfoad) worn for daily tasks. Men sometimes distinguished their marital status through their hats, wearing green hats if unmarried and black hats after marriage.

Music

Common rural dance instruments

In the seventeenth-century countryside, ordinary people primarily used bagpipes and hurdy-gurdies for dance music, before the violin became established as a popular instrument later on.

At the table

Coffee substitute for 1 kreuzer

For 1 kreuzer, working-class people could buy a bowl of roasted barley drink sweetened with syrup, which served as an affordable substitute for expensive coffee.