Verfasst von:	Friedrich, Markus [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The maker of pedigrees
Titelzusatz:	Jakob Wilhelm Imhoff and the meanings of genealogy in early modern Europe
Verf.angabe:	Markus Friedrich
Verlagsort:	Baltimore
Verlag:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Jahr:	2023
Umfang:	ix, 301 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Information cultures
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-4214-4579-3
Abstract:	"The practice of genealogy, in particular the work of Jakob Wilhelm Imhoff from Nuremberg, Germany, a prolific and highly respected genealogical author, is a case study in how knowledge was produced and disseminated in the 17th and 18th centuries. During this time much of Europe was in the grip of a genealogical craze. Family lineages, and their display in multiple textual and visual forms, were key instruments in defining dynasties, organizing international relations, and structuring social life at large. Despite genealogy's overall impact on social, cultural, and political life, however, scholars have so far largely failed to investigate the complex knowledge economy that supported all forms of genealogical argumentation. This monograph, in fact, is the first book-length study of post-1600 continental genealogy"--
	"A history of genealogical knowledge-making strategies in the early modern world. In The Maker of Pedigrees, Markus Friedrich explores the complex and fascinating world of central European genealogy practices during the Baroque era. Drawing on archival material from a dozen European institutions, Friedrich reconstructs how knowledge about noble families was created, authenticated, circulated, and published. Jakob Wilhelm Imhoff, a wealthy and well-connected patrician from Nuremberg, built a European community of genealogists by assembling a transnational network of cooperators and informants. Friedrich uses Imhoff as a case study in how knowledge was produced and disseminated during the 17th and 18th centuries. Family lineages were key instruments in defining dynasties, organizing international relations, and structuring social life. Yet in the early modern world, knowledge about genealogy was cumbersome to acquire, difficult to authenticate, and complex to publish. Genealogy's status as a source of power and identity became even more ambivalent as the 17th century wore on, as the field continued to fragment into a plurality of increasingly contradictory formats and approaches. Genealogy became a contested body of knowledge, as a heterogeneous set of actors-including aristocrats, antiquaries, and publishers-competed for authority. Imhoff was closely connected to all of the major genealogical cultures of his time, and he serves as a useful prism through which the complex field of genealogy can be studied in its bewildering richness"--
Schlagwörter:	(p)Imhof, Jacob Wilhelm    / (g)Europa    / (s)Genealogie    / (s)Adel    / (z)Geschichte 1650-1730
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Friedrich, Markus, 1974 - : The Maker of Pedigrees. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023. - 1 online resource (312 pages)
RVK-Notation:	ND 7320
Sach-SW:	HISTORY / Social History
	SCIENCE / History
K10plus-PPN:	1830058665