Privacy in Early Modern Egodocuments : Personal Lives in Historical Perspective / edited by Michael Green, Joanna Orzeł and Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green, Michael, editor.

Kowalcze-Pawlik, Anna, editor.

Orzeł, Joanna, editor.

Series:

Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026.

Studies in the History of Privacy ; 1.

Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026

Studies in the History of Privacy ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early Modern History.

History.

Intellectual History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Personal Lives in Historical Perspective

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In early modern Europe, literacy was on the rise, and it became possible to reflect on one’s own life and secrets in private notes, letters to family and friends, as well as dairies, memoirs, and travelogues. Privacy in Early Modern Egodocuments: Personal Lives in Historical Perspective combines historical research with an analysis of personal narratives from Eastern, Central, and Western Europe (also in the global context) to discuss what privacy meant at a time of political and social turmoil. The contributions explore personal writing by elite figures, as well as non-elite groups and marginalised voices, in a detective-like fashion, bringing into focus narratives that have long been overlooked in traditional historical studies. The authors offer insights into the evolution of the concept of privacy as well as the use of egodocuments as a vital resource for understanding individual and collective memory, particularly as shaped by the region's dynamic history. Contributors are: Andras Bandi, Jakub Basista, Michael Green, Nere Jone Intxaustegi Jauregi, Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik, Katarzyna Kuras, Bernadetta Manyś, Joanna Orzeł, François-Joseph Ruggiu, Robert T. Tomczak, Nataliia Voloshkova, and Aleksandra Ziober.

Contents:

Foreword to the Series

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Privacy, Private Lives, and Egodocumental Research

Michael Green, Joanna Orzeł and Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik

1 Looking for Early Modern Egodocuments as Sources for Privacy Research in the Archives: Some Observations

Michael Green

2 Intimacy as Mutual Knowledge: an Exploration of Privacy through French Personal Writings during the Early Modern Period

François-Joseph Ruggiu

3 The Making of a Hero: Virginia Narratives of John Smith ( bap . 158, d. 1631) and the Subtle Use of Privacy as a Tool to Promote Himself

Jakub Basista

4 (De)Constructing Privacy, Describing Diplomatic Ties: Representations of Elizabeth I in Central European Egodocuments

Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik

5 Lawsuits and Egodocuments on Sexual Intimacy in Early Modern Bilbao

Nere Jone Intxaustegi Jauregi

6 “Emotions” of a Parent during the Struggles of War: Lew Sapieha’s Private Relationship with His Son Jan Stanisław in Letters from 1626

Aleksandra Ziober

7 The Privacy of Princesses and Princes: Relations between Members of the Saxon House of Wettin in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

Katarzyna Kuras

8 Privacy and Publicity in Early Modern Alba Amicorum from Central Europe

Robert T. Tomczak

9 Privacy in the Last Will Acts of Vilnius Bourgeois Women from the First Half of the Eighteenth Century: Study of Selected Cases

Bernadetta Manyś

1 The Emergence of Privacy: Motivations and Self-Expression in Polish Noblewomen’s Diaries and Memoirs in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Joanna Orzeł

11 Bluestockings and Their Spaces of Privacy in Conversation and in Writing: the Case of Mary Hamilton (1756–1816)

Nataliia Voloshkova

12 Public Duty and Private Life in Michael Conrad von Heydendorff’s (173–1821) Autobiography and Georg Michael Gottlieb von Herrmann’s (1737–187) Curriculum Vitae

András Bándi

Index locorum

Index nominum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-74984-5

9789004749849

OCLC:

1573149834

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004749849 DOI