Stein, Claudia (2013) Images and meaning-making in a world of resemblance : the Bavarian-Saxon kidney stone affair of 1580. European History Quarterly, 43 (2). pp. 205-234. doi:10.1177/0265691413479085 ISSN 0265-6914.

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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.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Journal or Publication Title:	European History Quarterly
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0265-6914
Official Date:	April 2013
Dates:	Date Event April 2013 Published
Volume:	43
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 205-234
DOI:	10.1177/0265691413479085
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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