Abstract
Abstract Johann Klaj’s Engel⸗ und Drachen⸗Streit (1649) takes an intermediate position in his literary work between the depiction of war and peace poetry: in this ‘Schulactus’, a biblical subject is combined with the historical context of the recently ended Thirty Years War and used for an eschatological interpretation of war. At the same time, the ‘Schulactus’ performs a secular transfer of these interpretive patterns in the context of the peace ceremonies, which is due to the representative functions of his recitational practice, revealing the institutional as well as politico-religious integration of literature. Examining the text, paratext and the historical context of presentation, this contribution elaborates how knowledge is created, transmitted and represented as well as combined with a negotiation of power in discourses and practices of the early modern period.
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