„Nun ſolte ich auch wohl bemuͤhet ſeyn, auff unterſchiedene bewegliche Argumenta, und ſonderbare Troſt=Gruͤ nde ʒu dencken […]“. Zu argumentativen Strategien in Danziger Leichenpredigten (1586–1746)

While expressing consolation one aims at soothing a person who has just experienced something difficult or directing their negative emotions (e. g. bereavement) to the positive side. This is the aim of author of funeral sermons containing - mainly as an epilogue - the function of consolation. In this article argumentative strategies used by the authors to communicate consolation have been presented. The body of the text is formed by the chosen Gdańsk funeral sermons of 1586-1746.