Images of Imperial Princes. Seals and Coins of Clerical and Secular Princes of the Holy Roman Empire as Objects of Representation and Legitimation. (22)

• Subject Area: Medieval History
• Term: from 2017 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 257731206

The images of clerical and secular princes of the Holy Roman Empire on seals and coins are analysed as sources expressing princely strategies of representation and legitimation. In a visual discourse, different concepts of power and domination are discussed within the group of the imperial princes and in communication with the ruler. The visual strategies employed refer to the offices, tasks and ranks of the respective princes, and occasionally to specific achievements or events.The project will also examine whether a concept of representation involving the wives of imperial princes and, in the case of the clergy, the abbesses existed.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1167: Macht and Herrschaft – Premodern Configurations in a Transcultural Perspective
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Andrea Stieldorf, since 7/2020