The international conference convened by Benjamin Marschke (Humboldt State University, Arcata), Michael Schaich (GHIL), and Alexander Schunka (Forschungszentrum Gotha der Universität Erfurt) seeks to explore in a comparative perspective the phenomenon of confessionally and religiously mixed royal marriages and courts to shed light on their dynastic, political, theological, performative/representative, and epistemological dimensions. It aims to bring together multifarious perspectives of early modern European studies that have heretofore generally been discussed only separately — such as domestic and international politics, dynastic strategies, irenicist theology, church history, and the history of ideas — by examining an issue where they all intersect. In addition, the conference aims to break up a purely European perspective by integrating case studies from non-European courts into its wider conceptual framework. Contact: Dr. Michael Schaich
DHI London