Abstrakt
The exercise of rule - that is the initial thesis of the workshop - is interpreted as a dynastic team effort and the offspring is given a decisive role in this. The successors were exploited and used as a political argument.
How and with what success this will take place will be determined and demonstrated in the workshop. In addition to the Hohenzollern dynasty, the Wettin people are looked at in a comparative perspective as are other ruling families.
Dealing with princesses and princes helps to broaden our understanding of the legitimacy and consolidation of power in the early modern period; With the help of new research approaches in the history of diplomacy, emotion or art, the role of the dynastic offspring in political and symbolic communication is illuminated.