This lecture is part of the ‘Frankfurter Frühneuzeitkolloquium’, a weekly colloquium dedicated to discussing ongoing research in the field of early modern studies. Alexander Denzler and Birgit Emich, who are organising the lecture series in the winter term of 2024 and 2025, would be delighted to welcome anyone who is interested in joining! The full programme is available here.

About the picture: Diego Ribero, Carta universal en que se contierne todo lo que del mundo se ha descubierto fasta agora (1529, Detail of the 1887 reproduction), Seville, Spain (image: Bibliothèque nationale de France, via Wiki Commons), edited by Kevin C. Klein.