Lienhard Thaler
@lienhard.bsky.social
Economic & social historian, medievalist, archivist
Postdoc for medieval economic & social history @univie.ac.at & research assistant @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
Postdoc for medieval economic & social history @univie.ac.at & research assistant @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
Reposted by Lienhard Thaler
In June, I was able to participate in the workshop "Modes of Coercion in Premodern Eurasian Empires. Inventorying and Graphing Court Records for a Comparative Geography of Power" in Vienna. @lienhard.bsky.social now published a nice report summarising the workshop's most important insights:
Modes of Coercion in Premodern Eurasian Empires
Can the “language of power” used by ancient Mesopotamian authorities be compared to that of medieval Venetian council orders or even with that of 17th century Chinese magistrates? How can researchers ...
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August 12, 2024 at 11:15 AM
In June, I was able to participate in the workshop "Modes of Coercion in Premodern Eurasian Empires. Inventorying and Graphing Court Records for a Comparative Geography of Power" in Vienna. @lienhard.bsky.social now published a nice report summarising the workshop's most important insights:
How livable was today's most livable city in the past? Join us tomorrow to find out at Digital Anatomy of Late Medieval Vienna @IMC_Leeds imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Digital Anatomy of Late Medieval Vienna
Around 1500, an estimated 20,000 people lived in the city of Vienna in 2000 houses. By using thousands of event and plot descriptions from previously unedited land registers and tax lists, we located ...
imc-leeds.confex.com
July 2, 2024 at 7:09 AM
How livable was today's most livable city in the past? Join us tomorrow to find out at Digital Anatomy of Late Medieval Vienna @IMC_Leeds imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Do you groan under the weight of inflation, too?
Learn how prices changed during past crises in our session: Dealing with Price Crises: Standards of Living and Disasters in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Learn how prices changed during past crises in our session: Dealing with Price Crises: Standards of Living and Disasters in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Dealing with Price Crises: Standards of Living and Disasters in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Declining purchasing power and standard of living is not only a modern phenomenon, but has been a persistent concern in people’s everyday life since at least medieval times. Rising prices of staple fo...
imc-leeds.confex.com
June 30, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Do you groan under the weight of inflation, too?
Learn how prices changed during past crises in our session: Dealing with Price Crises: Standards of Living and Disasters in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Learn how prices changed during past crises in our session: Dealing with Price Crises: Standards of Living and Disasters in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
What was medieval crisis management in times of financial turmoil and war like?
Find out at our session: Accountability during Crisis, II: War, Finances, and Accounting @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Find out at our session: Accountability during Crisis, II: War, Finances, and Accounting @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Accountability during Crisis, II: War, Finances, and Accounting
Questions of personal and collective responsibility are raised with particular poignancy during crisis periods. On the institutional side, the procedures for holding officials accountable and managing...
imc-leeds.confex.com
June 28, 2024 at 12:23 PM
What was medieval crisis management in times of financial turmoil and war like?
Find out at our session: Accountability during Crisis, II: War, Finances, and Accounting @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Find out at our session: Accountability during Crisis, II: War, Finances, and Accounting @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
What was the pandemic of the 14th century good for?
Visit our session on monday to learn more about "The 'Positives' of Plague?: The Economic Impact of the Black Death" @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Visit our session on monday to learn more about "The 'Positives' of Plague?: The Economic Impact of the Black Death" @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
The 'Positives' of Plague?: The Economic Impact of the Black Death
The impact of the Black Death, one of the worst crises in European history, has long been debated by historians. While the Plague was undoubtedly extremely traumatic for those who lived through it, ma...
imc-leeds.confex.com
June 27, 2024 at 6:04 AM
What was the pandemic of the 14th century good for?
Visit our session on monday to learn more about "The 'Positives' of Plague?: The Economic Impact of the Black Death" @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Visit our session on monday to learn more about "The 'Positives' of Plague?: The Economic Impact of the Black Death" @ International Medieval Congress 2024 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/mee...
Looking forward to the 2nd edition of the "Nachwuchstagung der österreichischen Mediävistik" (junior conference of the Austrian medieval studies) in Innsbruck today and tomorrow!
Now it's time to harvest the crops of our month-long planning and preparations.
Now it's time to harvest the crops of our month-long planning and preparations.
May 16, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Looking forward to the 2nd edition of the "Nachwuchstagung der österreichischen Mediävistik" (junior conference of the Austrian medieval studies) in Innsbruck today and tomorrow!
Now it's time to harvest the crops of our month-long planning and preparations.
Now it's time to harvest the crops of our month-long planning and preparations.
Come and join us with your PhD project in social history of the late medieval and early modern period at the marvellous WiSo! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
April 4, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Come and join us with your PhD project in social history of the late medieval and early modern period at the marvellous WiSo! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
"States without taxes. The medieval county of Tyrol as an example for domain-funded government", that's now the title of my presentation at the OESHGS this wednesday, 7 February 2024, at 1 p.m. in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
February 5, 2024 at 12:02 PM
"States without taxes. The medieval county of Tyrol as an example for domain-funded government", that's now the title of my presentation at the OESHGS this wednesday, 7 February 2024, at 1 p.m. in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
We are calling for papers on unequal economic opportunities in the medieval period! If you would like to join our discussion in Innsbruck in early September 2024, do not hesitate to apply.
www.wirtschaftsgeschichte.org/en/konferenzen
www.wirtschaftsgeschichte.org/en/konferenzen
January 23, 2024 at 5:46 PM
We are calling for papers on unequal economic opportunities in the medieval period! If you would like to join our discussion in Innsbruck in early September 2024, do not hesitate to apply.
www.wirtschaftsgeschichte.org/en/konferenzen
www.wirtschaftsgeschichte.org/en/konferenzen
One week left to apply for our 2nd junior conference in May, this time in emperor Maximilian's favourite city, in Innsbruck. If you are a praedoc medievalist working in or on Austria, don't hesitate to apply!
www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...
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2. Nachwuchstagung Österreichische Mediävistik 2024
Im Mai 2024 findet in Innsbruck die zweite Nachwuchtsagung der österreichischen Mediävistik statt. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Promovierende, die zu einem Thema mit engem Bezug zum österreich...
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January 9, 2024 at 5:53 AM
One week left to apply for our 2nd junior conference in May, this time in emperor Maximilian's favourite city, in Innsbruck. If you are a praedoc medievalist working in or on Austria, don't hesitate to apply!
www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...
www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...