Notions of Privacy in Early Modern Correspondence
Our modern notions of privacy have their roots in the early modern period. When studying this historical background, one of the most important sources is correspondence. Letters sent from one person to another reflect specific situations, ideas, thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Contextualizing a...
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| description | Our modern notions of privacy have their roots in the early modern period. When studying this historical background, one of the most important sources is correspondence. Letters sent from one person to another reflect specific situations, ideas, thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Contextualizing an epistolary exchange provides information about the world and values of past individuals. This volume presents essays that deal with a variety of early modern correspondence. The letters analysed, written in French, nl, German, and English, speak to very different contexts and cultural codes. While each of the letters in question has its own unique story to tell, all contributions come together by focusing on notions of privacy. From the intimacy that unfolds in educational exchanges to specific letter-writers and their strategic use of the private, this volume offers ground-breaking insights that will be relevant to many different researchers and their respective fields: the history of science, the history of Christianity, the history of travel writing and education, gender studies, and the history of diplomacy. In addition, the contributions also tackle the issue of publishing letters in the early modern period, both as a cultural phenomenon and as a material praxis. Together, the essays show how ‘privacy’ was an ambiguous term in the early modern period; the letter as literary genre and a means of communication demonstrates how privacy was perceived both as valuable and as a potential threat. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1720162026-02-13T13:25:35Z Notions of Privacy in Early Modern Correspondence Green, Michaël Nørgaard, Lars Cyril Cultural & intellectual history (c. 1501-1800) Comparative & cultural studies through literature Diplomatics & sigillography (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history Our modern notions of privacy have their roots in the early modern period. When studying this historical background, one of the most important sources is correspondence. Letters sent from one person to another reflect specific situations, ideas, thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Contextualizing an epistolary exchange provides information about the world and values of past individuals. This volume presents essays that deal with a variety of early modern correspondence. The letters analysed, written in French, nl, German, and English, speak to very different contexts and cultural codes. While each of the letters in question has its own unique story to tell, all contributions come together by focusing on notions of privacy. From the intimacy that unfolds in educational exchanges to specific letter-writers and their strategic use of the private, this volume offers ground-breaking insights that will be relevant to many different researchers and their respective fields: the history of science, the history of Christianity, the history of travel writing and education, gender studies, and the history of diplomacy. In addition, the contributions also tackle the issue of publishing letters in the early modern period, both as a cultural phenomenon and as a material praxis. Together, the essays show how ‘privacy’ was an ambiguous term in the early modern period; the letter as literary genre and a means of communication demonstrates how privacy was perceived both as valuable and as a potential threat. 2026-02-13T13:25:30Z 2026-02-13T13:25:30Z 2025 book 9782503612348 9782503612355 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/172016 eng fre Early European Research application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503612348-1 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.EER-EB.5.138019 Brepols 10.1484/M.EER-EB.5.138019 10.1484/M.EER-EB.5.138019 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9782503612348 9782503612355 22 270 Turnhout open access |
| spellingShingle | Cultural & intellectual history (c. 1501-1800) Comparative & cultural studies through literature Diplomatics & sigillography (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history Notions of Privacy in Early Modern Correspondence |
| title | Notions of Privacy in Early Modern Correspondence |
| title_full | Notions of Privacy in Early Modern Correspondence |
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| title_short | Notions of Privacy in Early Modern Correspondence |
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| topic | Cultural & intellectual history (c. 1501-1800) Comparative & cultural studies through literature Diplomatics & sigillography (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history |
| topic_facet | Cultural & intellectual history (c. 1501-1800) Comparative & cultural studies through literature Diplomatics & sigillography (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history |
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