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Images and Meaning-Making in a World of Resemblance: The Bavarian-Saxon Kidney Stone Affair of 1580.
- Source :
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European History Quarterly . Apr2013, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p205-234. 30p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- This article de-constructs and re-constructs the dynamic of a sixteenth-century political dispute between the Catholic Bavarian Duke Wilhelm V and the Protestant Saxon Elector August I. By focusing on the visual imagery which ignited the dispute, the paper explores sixteenth-century ‘ways of seeing’ and the epistemic role realistic images played in the production of knowledge about the natural world. While the peculiar dynamic of the affair is based on a specific understanding of the evidential role of images, the paper also argues that the wider socio-cultural context, in particular certain strategies of truth-telling, provide further clues as to the dynamic and closure of the affair. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02656914
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European History Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 87462303
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0265691413479085