Franz Reitinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 6462942 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Franz Reitinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Franz |
| FAMILY NAME | Reitinger |
| SIGNATURE | REITINGER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Linzergasse 8, Salzburg, A‐5020, Austria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Voltaire’s Valet
Sebastian G. Longchamps (1718–1793) is a well-established figure among the variety of minds who gathered around Voltaire. Longchamps’s recollections are the major surviving source of information for Voltaire’s Cirey period. Given the immense body of literature dedicated to Voltaire’s life and work, however, no serious attempt to enquire into the disappearance of his long-term ‘shadow’ has been made. This has led to the paradoxical situation that …
The Persuasiveness of Cartography
Some time ago, “Maphist,” the leading discussion group in the field of map history, launched an opinion poll in order to find out which saint can justly be claimed to be the patron of cartographers and map-makers. This article suggests one answer: the Breton itinerant preacher Michel Le Nobletz (1577–1652). With the help of several pious women cartographers, Le Nobletz produced allegorical sea charts and used them as a teaching device to catechiz…
Mapping relationships
Among the allegorical maps of early modern times, those relating to romantic attachments, sexual relationships and marriage have long excited curiosity among students of literature and the history of cartography. These maps describe states of married and non‐married life, irrespective of social acceptability, and chart the course for the prospective matrimonial traveller. Profoundly allegorical, closely tied to contemporary social and literary tr…
Mapping relationships
Among the allegorical maps of early modern times, those relating to romantic attachments, sexual relationships and marriage have long excited curiosity among students of literature and the history of cartography. These maps describe states of married and non‐married life, irrespective of social acceptability, and chart the course for the prospective matrimonial traveller. Profoundly allegorical, closely tied to contemporary social and literary tr…
Mapping relationships
Among the allegorical maps of early modern times, those relating to romantic attachments, sexual relationships and marriage have long excited curiosity among students of literature and the history of cartography. These maps describe states of married and non‐married life, irrespective of social acceptability, and chart the course for the prospective matrimonial traveller. Profoundly allegorical, closely tied to contemporary social and literary tr…
The Persuasiveness of Cartography
Some time ago, “Maphist,” the leading discussion group in the field of map history, launched an opinion poll in order to find out which saint can justly be claimed to be the patron of cartographers and map-makers. This article suggests one answer: the Breton itinerant preacher Michel Le Nobletz (1577–1652). With the help of several pious women cartographers, Le Nobletz produced allegorical sea charts and used them as a teaching device to catechiz…
Voltaire’s Valet
Sebastian G. Longchamps (1718–1793) is a well-established figure among the variety of minds who gathered around Voltaire. Longchamps’s recollections are the major surviving source of information for Voltaire’s Cirey period. Given the immense body of literature dedicated to Voltaire’s life and work, however, no serious attempt to enquire into the disappearance of his long-term ‘shadow’ has been made. This has led to the paradoxical situation that …
Art (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Cartography (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Historical Geography and Cartography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works)