Gott der recht richter: Gott und die jenseitige Welt in den Chroniken des Jakob Unrest.

Up to now, research on the three chronicles written by Jakob Unrest has focussed almost exclusively on aspects of the text relating to present world, but ignored the central position of the other-world in Unrest's mind as a cleric and a child of his time. This paper intends to show how closely the concept of God's grace and pious conduct are connected to just and legitimate rule as presented in the chronicles: The established political order is ultimately derived from God, thus furthering a basically conservative world-view. This order is threatened by servants of the devil, such as Turks or heretics. Unrest perceives the workings of God and the devil in the world as something real and tangible, with the foremost characteristic of God's agency being justice. God is the judge who rewards appropriate behaviour already in this world, but with certainty in the afterlife. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]