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How did people in the early modern period inscribe their houses? How were tomb inscriptions designed? Teresa Schröder-Stapper examines pre-modern inscriptions for the first time with a focus on their significance as an expression of urban knowledge cultures. When one considers the contemporary remains of early modern towns, it is striking that numerous texts, images and symbols shaped the pre-modern urban landscape. In addition to ephemeral writing, these also included inscriptions affixed to various materials within the city. These inscriptions articulated diverse bodies of knowledge and inscribed them into the urban space: ranging from legal, religious or magical knowledge to technical and everyday knowledge. In her study, Teresa Schröder-Stapper understands early modern inscriptions both as an expression and as a medium of urban knowledge cultures. She examines the functions of inscriptions within the city, as well as the historical changes to which the statements inscribed therein were subject. She pays particular attention to the order-establishing significance of inscriptions in a supposedly chaotic city. Her research focuses on (urban) representations and their relevance to the actions of urban actors. In this way, Schröder-Stapper examines the city as a visual space of experience and perception. Using the example of the pre-modern city, she thereby contributes to research into a ‘culture of visibility’.
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Keywords
- early modern period
- Epigraphy
- History of Knowledge
- Pre-modern Period
- Spatial Research
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
- thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVQ Religious sites / Holy or sacred places
- Urban landscapes
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DOI: 10.46500/83535801Editions