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Author: Ronald Salzer

09.–10.04.2026 | International Workshop “Joining the Dots. Actors, Networks and the Social Fabric of Courts and Towns during the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period”

– – – English version (German version below) – – – The SFB-Project „Managing Maximilian (1493–1519) – Persona, Politics and Personnel through the Lens of Digital Prosopography“ pursues a new interpretative approach to Maximilian’s reign and pre-modern governance by systematically...

WORKSHOP PAPER | Ronald Kurt Salzer: Castles for Credit. Context, Script, and Codicology of the “Gedenkbücher” Nos. 2 and 2b

This paper discusses a hitherto neglected but truly fascinating source regarding Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519), the so-called “Gedenkbücher” Nos. 2[1] and 2b[2]. They are housed in the archival collection “Alte Hofkammer” of the “Finanz- und Hofkammerarchiv” in the Austrian State...