Alexander Denzler
PD Dr Alexander Denzler is a historian of the early modern period (16th – 18th centuries) with a particular interest in the (changing) conditions of political and social life. His three principal areas of research are first the significance of handwriting and printing for premodern knowledge production, administration, and rulership. In this regard, his studies aim to illustrate that the production and dissemination of knowledge and information was vital to premodern state-building. In addition, Denzler’s second book project concentrated on the usage, maintenance and perception of early modern infrastructure. Finally, he has worked extensively on the topic of jurisdiction in the pre-modern era. In this context, he leads an Academic Junior Networkin collaboration with others.
After receiving his Ph.D at the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany (2016), Denzler completed my habilitation (2021). The habilitation on the topic ‘Preservation, Use, and Perception of Streets in the 16th Century’ (Erhalt, Nutzung und Wahrnehmung von Straßen im 16. Jahrhundert) will soon be published by Böhlau (Brill) in the series Ding, Materialität, Geschichte. In 2018 he edited the anthology ‘The use and perception of streets and roads (1100-1900)’ (Die Nutzung und Wahrnehmung von Straßen und Wegen), a thematic volume of the Jahrbuch für Regionalgeschichte. The streets of the early modern period are also the subject of an article he wrote for the Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online.
Currently, Denzler is a Senior Research Assistant at the Chair of Early Modern History and Comparative Regional History in Eichstätt, Germany. Abstract
