• Vita

    since 2021 University of Münster
    Research Associate at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg „Legal Unity and Pluralism“
    2021 TU Dresden
    Grant for the Completion and Wrap-up Phase, Graduate Academy
    2019 – 2020 University of Warwick
    Visiting Researcher
    2018 – 2021 TU Dresden
    PhD Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
    2017 – 2018 TU Dresden
    Research Associate at the Collaborative Research Centre 1285 “Invectivity. Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement”
    2016 – 2017 TU Dresden
    Research Associate at the Chair for Early Modern History
    2016 TU Dresden
    Master of Arts in History

     

  • Research Project

    Rule and Seigneurial Regimes in the Holy Roman Empire (1550–1750)

    Between 1500 and 1750, the vast majority of the population in what is now Germany lived in rural areas or small towns. For these individuals, the seigneurial regime was the primary authority in nearly every aspect of their lives. However, despite its significance, the seigneurial regime has been largely overlooked in recent discussions about rule (Herrschaft) and state formation processes during this period. This oversight is surprising, given that seigneurial regimes played a crucial role in shaping the daily experiences of most people, operating at a ‚middle level‘ between local subjects and higher authorities. Additionally, they formed a structural similarity that was common to all territories of the Holy Roman Empire. Thus, by examining multiple seigneurial regimes through a comparative lens, we can gain valuable insights into the nature of rule within the Holy Roman Empire more general.

    This project aims to fill this knowledge gap by exploring seigneurial regimes through the prism of contemporary research approaches, such as the cultural history of politics and the concept of rule as a process of communication. It is essential, however, to consider the social and structural preconditions which formed the framework for this process of communication – a framework which was characterised by an imbalance of power and resources which in turn influenced the ‚negotiation of rule‘.

    Furthermore, this study will provide new perspectives on rule during the early modern period by situating seigneurial regimes within the broader landscape of power holders, including territorial and imperial authorities. By integrating seigneurial regimes into this larger framework, we can gain a more comprehensive understanding of how early modern rule worked, how the ‚middle level‘ influenced processes of state formation and which factors were crucial for the interplay of stability and change in early modern power structures.

  • Main Areas of Research

    Rule and the Seigneurial Regime in the Holy Roman Empire

    History of Violence

    History of Crime and Criminal Justice

    English History (18th century)

  • Publications

    Monograph

    Interpersonelle Gewalt und gesellschaftlicher Wandel. Lancashire 1728–1830 (Konflikte und Kultur 42), München 2023.
    Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.24053/9783739882253

    The raw data used for this publication can be accessed and downloaded via Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.8288686

    Articles

    Vom Tatort vors Gericht. Mündlichkeit und Verwaltungsschrifttum in englischen Gerichtsakten des 18. Jahrhunderts, in: Die Sprachen der Frühen Neuzeit. Europäische und globale Perspektiven, hrsg. v. Mark Häberlein/Andreas Flurschütz da Cruz (Frühneuzeit-Impulse 6), Köln 2024, S. 419–429.

    Zur Abwesenheit konfessioneller Marker in den Strafverfolgungsakten Lancashires im langen 18. Jahrhundert, in: Gesellschaftliche Diversität und Phänomene rechtlicher Einheit und Vielfalt in der vormodernen Stadt. Effekte konfessioneller und religiöser Diversität, hrsg. v. Ulrike Ludwig (EViR Working Papers 7), Münster 2024, 77–93.
    Open Access: https://doi.org/10.17879/88978695995

    [Art.] Norm-Praxis-Konflikt, in: Münsteraner Glossar zu Einheit und Vielfalt im Recht, 3. Ausgabe (EViR Working Papers 11), Münster 2024, 119–122, co-author: Clara Harder
    Open Access: https://doi.org/10.17879/46918569748

    [Art.] Centre and Periphery, geographical, in: Münsteraner Glossar zu Einheit und Vielfalt im Recht, 4. Ausgabe (EViR Working Papers 11), Münster 2024, 17–19.
    Open Access: https://doi.org/10.17879/46918569748

    Arbeitsmigration in der süddeutschen NS-Kriegswirtschaft. Computergestützte Datenexploration mittels historischer Geoinformation und Netzwerkanalyse, in: Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 74, 9/10 (2023), 550-570, co-authors: Alina Ostrowski, Jorrit Hopp, Lukas Bartl, Markus Gerstmeier, Heiko Brendel, Simon Donig, Malte Rehbein

    Lethal Violence in Decline? A Critical Review of Historical Homicide Rates in England, in: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 25, 2 (2021), 33–57.
    Open Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/chs.3050

    Hard Numbers? The Long-Term Decline in Violence Reassessed. Empirical Objections and Fresh Perspectives, in: Continuity and Change 36, 1 (2021), 1–32, co-authors: Gerd Schwerhoff, Alexander Kästner, Wiebke Voigt
    Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0268416021000096

    „Alles kommt vom Bergwerk her“? Städtische Identität und Bergbau in Chroniken erzgebirgischer Städte in der Frühen Neuzeit, in: Neues Archiv für Sächsische Geschichte 90 (2019), 109–128.

    Beschaffen, verwalten, begraben. Die Dresdner Anatomie und ihre Leichen, 1748-1817, in: Tiefe Einblicke. Das anatomische Theater im Zeitalter der Aufklärung, hrsg. v. Johanna Bleker/Petra Lennig/Thomas Schnalke (Kaleidogramme 167), Berlin 2018, 205–221, co-author: Alexander Kästner

    Book Reviews for Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung und Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte.