Notions of Privacy in Early Modern Correspondence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Michael.

Contributor:

Nørgaard, Lars Cyril.

Series:

Early European Research Series

Early European Research Series ; v.22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privacy.

Letter writing--History.

Letter writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, 2025.

Summary:

This scholarly work examines the concept of privacy in the early modern period across Europe, providing interdisciplinary perspectives on its social, cultural, and historical contexts. Edited by Michael Green and Lars Cyril Nørgaard, the book explores themes such as epistolary communication, diplomatic practices, personal gift-giving, and the balance between public and private life among various social groups, including scholars, diplomats, and religious communities. Through contributions from experts in history, literature, and religious studies, the book highlights the complexities of privacy as it was understood and practiced during the 16th to 18th centuries. It serves as an academic resource for historians, researchers, and students interested in early modern European studies, cultural history, and privacy studies. Generated by AI.

Contents:

About the Authors

Refractions of Privacy in Early Modern Letter-Writing. Bastian Felter Vaucanson and Michaël Green

Chapter 1. Epistolary Technologies of Separation and Archives of Emotion. James Daybell

Chapter 2. Public and Private in Seventeenth-Century Scholarly Correspondence. Richard Maber

Chapter 3. La Beaumelle en ‘déshabillé’. Quelques facettes de sa vie privée dévoilées par sa correspondance. Hubert Bost

Chapter 4. Perceptions of Privacy in Diplomatic Correspondence. Dutch and English Ambassadors at the Early Modern French Court. Bram van Leuveren

Chapter 5. Privacy Aspects of Anglo‑Dutch Grand Tour Correspondence (1701–1703). Viscount Woodstock and Paul Rapin-Thoyras to the Earl of Portland. Michaël Green

Chapter 6. Personal Gift-Giving. Attempts at Intimacy in Anna of Saxony’s Letter Exchanges. Natacha Klein Käfer

Chapter 7. Cloistered Correspondence. Engaging and Renouncing the Grand Siècle. Mette Birkedal Bruun

Chapter 8. Privacy and Discretion in the Correspondence of Charles Drelincourt. Jane McKee

Chapter 9. Privacy Misconstrued? The Correspondence Between Fénelon and Maintenon. Lars Cyril Nørgaard and Bastian Felter Vaucanson

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ISBN:

2-503-61235-0

OCLC:

1518582720