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

About the picture: Samuel van Hoogstraten, Alter Mann am Fenster (1653), Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie (via Wikimedia Commons), edited by Kevin C. Klein.