The book series 'Frühe Neuzeit' - founded in 1987 by Jörg Jochen Berns, Gotthard Frühsorge, Klaus Garber, Wilhelm Kühlmann and Jan-Dirk Müller - publishes editions, monographs and collected volumes advancing fundamental research in the field. It does not seek to produce wide-ranging overviews, premature syntheses or pretentious constructions but takes the long route of detailed work and the exploration of submerged traditions.
The provocations for scholarly disputes during the early modern period are as diverse as their objects of contention. Yet these often-polemical exchanges reveal a common feature: they are characterized by great awareness of form. Defensive maneuvers can often be read as a form of attack. Individual studies examine apologetic writings in the specific contexts of different disciplines.
Michael Multhammer, Universität Siegen, Deutschland.
