Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung

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1 Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Wolfenbütteler Arbeitskreis für Barockforschung herausgegeben von der Herzog August Bibliothek Band 46 Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden 2009 in Kommission

2 Richard Kirwan Empowerment and Representation at the University in Early Modern Germany: Helmstedt and Würzburg, Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden 2009 in Kommission

3 Motiv auf dem Umschlag: Euphemos Hymenaios Muson Hellenikos Honori Nuptiarum... Hermanni Neuwald... Sponsi cum... Catharina Goebelia... Sponsa... [Griechisches Hochzeitsgedicht für Hermann Neuwald, Prof. der Medizin in Helmstedt, und Catharina, geb. Göbel u. verw. Lantz aus Hamburg, Helmstedt 15. November 1579]... / scriptus ab Arnoldo Praetorio..., Helmstadii: Lucius HAB: 946 Helmst. Dr. (16). Vgl. Appendix 3.6 Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über abrufbar. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel 2009 Das Werk einschließlich aller seiner Teile ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Jede Verwertung außerhalb der engen Grenzen des Urheberrechtsgesetzes ist ohne Zustimmung der Bibliothek unzulässig und strafbar. Das gilt insbesondere für Vervielfältigungen jeder Art, Übersetzungen, Mikroverfilmungen und für die Einspeicherung in elektronische Systeme. Gedruckt auf holzfrei weiß mattgestrichen, 115 g/m 2 EuroBulk, 1,1 f. Vol., alterungsbeständig, chlorfrei gebleicht. Druck: Memminger MedienCentrum Druckerei und Verlags-AG, Memmingen Printed in Germany ISBN #####-# ISSN X

4 Contents Acknowledgements... 9 General Introduction: Towards a History of Representation at the Early Modern University University Inauguration and Representation Introduction The festival of inauguration at Helmstedt Analysis of ceremony: introduction The festive entry (14th of October) The Act of Institution and the installation of the Rector (15th of October) The inaugural Promotionen (16th of October) Oratorial representations Audiences Conclusion The festival of inauguration at Würzburg Analysis The festival book and representation: the Historica narratio de introductione Universitatis Juliae Conclusion Reputations, Representation, and the Public Life of the Scholar Introduction Academic rites of passage Prescribed ceremony of Promotion at Helmstedt Prescribed ceremony of Promotion at Würzburg Promotion ceremonies and academic identity The celebration of Promotion in print... 97

5 6 Contents 2.4 Professorial portraits Celebrations of prominence: the special case of Heinrich Meibom Representation through commemoration The commemoration of Owen Günther The commemoration of Rudolph Diephold The commemoration of Johannes Caselius The commemoration of Cornelis Martini: a challenge to convention? Commemoration and reputation: conclusion The Monumenta Julia and the functions of commemoration Conclusion Marriage and the Fashioning of Professorial Society Introduction Marriage strategies, professorial community, and the Fami lienuniversität Marriage pamphlets and the representation of professorial community Format, design, and the fashioning of professorial community Representational patterns in the content of epithalamia Conclusion Representation through Architecture and its Celebration Introduction Construction, design, and, representational significance of university buildings Helmstedt Würzburg Unveiling festivals and representation Unveiling ceremonies at Helmstedt

6 Contents Procession, the use of space, and the codification of social order Sound, spectacle, and the crowd Performative functions of ceremony The unveiling festival at Würzburg Festival and representation Spectacle and spectator Functions of the festival Occasional publications Pamphlets occasioned by the inauguration of the Juleum Novum at Helmstedt Formats Functions of publication; self-acknowledged and other Description and interpretation of architecture Schools, princes, and patronage Pamphlets occasioned by the festival of dedication at Würzburg Format Self-acknowledged functions Description of architecture Core representations Non-inaugural celebrations of university architecture in printed text and image Conclusion Representation, Negotiation, and the Patronage Contract Introduction Professorial commemoration of princely patrons Commemoration as negotiation at Helmstedt Ducal funerals and the participation of professors Opportunities for commemoration and pastoral responses Professorial commemoration of Duke Julius The commemoration of Heinrich Julius

7 8 Contents The commemoration of Friedrich Ulrich Ducal commemoration at Helmstedt: conclusions Academic commemoration of Julius Echter at Würzburg Other occasional forms and the pursuit of patronage Fulfilling the patronage contract: Friedrich Ulrich and the Bibliotheca Julia Conclusion Conclusion Abbreviations, Conventions, and Glossary Bibliography Appendices Index