Early Modern Privacy: Sources And Approaches

Product Description

An examination of instances, experiences, and spaces of early modern privacy. It opens new avenues to understanding the structures and dynamics that shape early modern societies through examination of a wide array of sources, discourses, practices, and spatial programmes.

About the Author

Michaël Green, PhD (2013), University of Groningen, is professor at the University of Lodz. He published widely on early modern education, religious minorities, and social networks, including The Huguenot Jean Rou (1638-1711): Scholar, Educator, Civil Servant (Honoré Champion, 2015).

Lars Cyril Nørgaard, PhD (2017), University of Copenhagen, assistant professor at the Centre for Privacy Studies. His publications deal with the tension between religious seclusion and societal engagement and the ambiguous nature of pre-modern privacy.

Mette Birkedal Bruun, PhD (2000), Arhus University, dr.theol. (2017), University of Copenhagen, professor of Church History and director of Centre for Privacy Studies. She has published widely on medieval and early modern monastic culture and lay devotion.