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If we wish to understand the pedestrian side of German life in the sixteenth century, I know of no better document than the autobiography of Bartholomew Sastrow. This hard-headed, plain-spoken Pomeranian notary cannot indeed be classed among the great and companionable writers of memoirs. Here are no genial portraits, no sweet-tempered and mellow confidings of the heart such as comfortable men and women are wont to distil in a comfortable age. The times were fierce, and passion ran high and deep. One might as well expect to extract amiability from the rough granite of an Icelandic saga. There is no delicacy, no charm, no elevation of. | Bartholomew Sastrow by 1 Bartholomew Sastrow by Bartholomew Sastrow and Albert D. Vandam This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Author Bartholomew Sastrow Albert D. Vandam Release Date October 29 2010 EBook 33891 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BARTHOLOMEW SASTROW Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by the Web Archive Transcriber s Note Page scan source http details bartholomewsastr00sastiala Illustration Charles the Fifth. BARTHOLOMEW SASTROW BEING THE MEMOIRS OF A GERMAN BURGOMASTER Bartholomew Sastrow by 2 Translated by Albert D. Vandam. Introduction by Herbert A. L. Fisher . WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE CO LTD 1905 Contents PART I Introduction CHAPTER I CHAPTER I 3 Abominable Murder of My Grandfather--My Parents and their Family-Fatal Misadventure of my Father--Troubles at Stralsund--Appeal of the Evangelical .