Die Grenzen aufgezeigt: Technische Innovation und räumliche Abstraktion am Beispiel früher Landkarten der Grenzregion zwischen dem Herzogtum Luxemburg und dem Kurfürstentum Trier

In the 14th century the formation and consolidation of the territorial sovereignties of the archbishop-electors of Trier and the dukes of Luxemburg was largely completed. The transformation towards territorial states resulted in the formation of an increasingly clear border between the two territories. However, the simplified representation of complex, partly overlapping border zones in the form of abstracting lines had yet to be developed. The earliest regional maps in the humanistic period of the first half of the 16th century do not show any borders, the first regional map with an indicated... Mehr ...