Past Visitor
Thomas Maissen
From
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The project 'The Virgin and Her State: Representing the Body Politic Through Metaphors of Marital Status' shows how the (theological) ideas of virginity and related marital status were used in pictures and text to represent the body politic and in particular the concept of sover-eignty, especially in early modern Europe.
Dates at IAS
Visitor
School of Historical Studies
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Spring
Appointments
2004–2013
University of Heidelberg
2002–2004
University of Lucerne