Overview

Professor Mary Lindemann inspired several generations of historical researchers in early modern history and culture. She has served as president of the German Studies Association and the American Historical Association and is the author of pathbreaking scholarly work in the history of medicine, urban space, diplomacy, and of women. In honor of her scholarship, service, and dedication, Healing and Harm gathers a group of leading scholars that includes her students, contemporaries, and those who have been inspired by her work to continue Lindemann’s prolific arguments and observations on early modern, central European and German history and culture.

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Author:   Erica Heinsen-Roach ,  Stephen A. Lazer ,  Benjamin Marschke ,  Jared Poley
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781800739918

ISBN 10:   1800739915
Pages:   309
Publication Date:   01 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Erica Heinsen-Roach, Stephen A. Lazer, and Daniel Riches Part I: Cities and Landscapes Chapter 1. Was the Early Modern City “a Space”? Reflections on a Contemporary Trend Yair Mintzker Chapter 2. Capitalism and Public Space in The Netherlands, or Why There Are No Monumental Squares in The Netherlands Rudolf Dekker and Tessel Dekker Chapter 3. Visiting the Resort: Gambling, Medicine, Tourism and the Nineteenth Century European Casino Jared Poley Part II: Science and Medicine Chapter 4. Midwives and Medical Knowledge in Early Modern Germany Merry Wiesner-Hanks Chapter 5. Imagining Peace during the Thirty Years’ War Sigrun Haude Chapter 6. Water’s Dangers: Swimming and Drowning in the Early Modern Era Alexander Schunka Chapter 7. What I Learned from a Self-Confessed Archive Junkie: Searching for Black Germany in Nazi-Era Archives Julia Roos Part III: Crime and Authority Chapter 8. Theatrum Poenarum: Psychological Space and Physical Torment in Early Modern Germany W. David Myers Chapter 9. Church Law, Church Discipline, and the German Early Enlightenment Terence McIntosh Chapter 10. Enlightenment Public as Judge: On the Fragments Controversy between Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Johann Melchior Goeze William Boehart Chapter 11. Narratives in Competition: Solving the Murder of the Baroness d’Ertrick in Basel, 1707 Stephen A. Lazer Part IV: Diplomacy and Statecraft Chapter 12. Inclusion, Exclusion, and Violence in Diplomacy Daniel Riches Chapter 13. Diplomacy, Violence and Early Modern State Formation: Gottorp’s 1635 Embassy to Persia Indravati Felicité Chapter 14. Many Pleasant Tales: Francisci’s Acerra Exoticorum (1672–1674) Gerhild Scholz Williams Chapter 15. The French Embassies and The French Military Expedition in Siam (Thailand) in The Age of Louis XIV Lucien Bély Chapter 16. Violation and Satisfaction: Great Britain-Hanover and Brandenburg-Prussia’s Appeals to an Enlightenment Public in the Diplomatic Crisis of 1729-1730 Benjamin Marschke Part V: Women, Sexuality, and Gender Chapter 17. Love and Violence in the Italian Renaissance Imagination Guido Ruggiero Chapter 18. Making Marriages Mixed: Religious Pluralization, Ritual, and the Formation of Intra-Christian Marriage Barriers in Late Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Germany David Martin Luebke Chapter 19. Burdens of State: Viewing the Dynastic Widow as a Political and Economic Factor Jill Bepler Chapter 20. Autonomy and Captivity: The Case of Maria ter Meetelen in Morocco, 1731-1743 Erica Heinsen-Roach Chapter 21. Idioms of Distress in East German Petitions for Abortion Donna Harsch Chapter 22. Women, Witches, and Collective Memory Jason Coy Afterword: On Humanism and Irreverence, a Tribute to Mary Lindemann Suzanne Marchand Index

Reviews

“This volume contains consistently interesting and well-researched chapters by many top-notch scholars. Its breadth alone is an appropriate tribute to Lindemann’s own work.” • Joel F. Harrington, Vanderbilt University

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Erica Heinsen-Roach taught at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg until 2020 and is currently an independent scholar.

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