How was knowledge produced by different people in different times and at different places? How was knowledge stored, managed, classified, organized, deployed, forgotten, and recycled? Finally, how did such practices affect what counted as knowledge? The series invites contributions on the 'long' early modern period in Europe and publishes also works on global cultures of knowledge under European influence.

How did historians research the past in the early modern era? How did historians, genealogists, and scholars of antiquity create relevant knowledge and position themselves in courts, toward benefactors, and to an academic audience? This volume examines academic practices in the fields of heraldry, diplomacy, genealogy, and historiography along with economic aspects of research, travel, and publishing.

Autorentext

Markus Friedrich, Universität Hamburg, Jacob Schilling, Universität Erfurt.

Klappentext

Wie wurde in der Frühen Neuzeit die Vergangenheit erforscht? Wie "machten" Historiker, Genealogen oder Antiquare historisches Wissen und positionierten sich damit an Höfen, gegenüber Auftraggebern oder in der Gelehrtenrepublik? In diesem Band geht es um gelehrte Praktiken im weiten Feld frühneuzeitlicher Geschichtsschreibung sowie um die ökonomische und logistische Seite des Forschens, Reisens und Publizierens.