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1. Correspondence Among Theologians in Southwest Germany: Insights into Church and Cultural History. In Honor of Christoph Strohm on His 65th Birthday (Heidelberger Forschungen 48), Heidelberg 2023 (edited jointly with Max Graff and Judith Steiniger). Link to Winter-Verlag
   [Review: IFB 32,1 (2024), No. 8902, online: https://informationsmittel-fuer-bibliotheken.de/showfile.php?id=12421]

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2. Perceptions of Difference in Melanchthon’s Report on the Eucharistic Controversy. The Palatinate’s Transition to Reformed Protestantism, 1559–1561, as Reflected in the Letters of Paul Einhorn, in: Correspondence of Theologians in Southwest Germany. Insights into Church and Cultural History, Heidelberg 2023 [= No. 1], pp. 59–90.
3. From Online Documentation to a Printed Critical Selected Edition: A Case for a Multi-Tiered Edition Model Using the Example of the Cataloging of Early Modern Theological Correspondence, in: Wolfgang Huschner / Sebastian Roebert (eds.): Editions of Letters: Transmission – Regest – Commentary – Index (forthcoming).

Editions

4. Correspondence Among Theologians in the Southwest of the Empire in the Early Modern Period (1550–1620). Critical Selected Edition, Volume 2: Electoral Palatinate I (1556–1583). Academy of Sciences and Humanities on behalf of Academy of Sciences and Humanities Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities by Christoph Strohm (Sources and Research on the History of the Reformation 99), Gütersloh 2022; editor of editions nos. 11, 15, 16, 32, 33, 36, 37, 49, 111, 119, and 128.
5. Correspondence Among Theologians in the Southwest of the Empire in the Early Modern Period (1550–1620). Critical Selected Edition, Volume 3: Strasbourg I (1549–1577). Academy of Sciences and Humanities on behalf of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities by Christoph Strohm (Sources and Research on the History of the Reformation 109), Gütersloh 2024; editor of editions nos. 2, 10, 11, 17, 38, 74, 77, and 108.
6. “The new Gutzgauch, who was hatched over the course of seven years and only took flight this winter” (1584). The Lutheran interlude in the history of the Reformation in the Electoral Palatinate as material for a satirical dialogue pamphlet, in: Max Graff / Florian Schreiber (eds.): On Seeking and Finding. Contributions to the Cataloging and Research of Late Medieval and Early Modern Sources. Thomas Wilhelmi on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday, Sandersdorf-Brehna 2025, pp. 251–282.

State-Mandated Changes of Religion and Their Consequences: Religious Policy in the Electoral Palatinate under Frederick III (1559–1576), Louis VI (1576–1583), and John Casimir (1583–1592)

The Electoral Palatinate, one of the most significant secular territories in the Holy Roman Empire with Heidelberg as its center, underwent several changes of religious denomination in the 16th century, each coinciding with a change in rulers. Due to the sovereign’s ius reformandi, the history of religion and denomination took a unique course, particularly in the Rhineland-Palatinate region. Under Elector Frederick III, a center of Reformed Protestantism with European connections emerged. The reign of his son, Elector Louis VI, was also significant for the confessionalization of the southwestern part of the Empire; as governor of the Upper Palatinate, he had remained Lutheran and now sought to reintroduce Lutheranism in the Rhenish Palatinate. To date, no independent study has been conducted on the re-Lutheranization of the Electoral Palatinate. Under the electoral administrator Johann Casimir, the Electoral Palatinate eventually returned to the Reformed confession within a short period of time. A systematic analysis of internal Protestant denominational shifts and their effects is a research gap that this dissertation aims to fill. Particular attention is given to the political implementation of the official denomination and its reception among the population. Furthermore, the profiles of key church leaders (General Superintendents, court preachers) are determined based on their correspondence, which is being cataloged for the first time as part of the research project “Theological Correspondence in the Southwest of the Empire in the Early Modern Period (1550–1620).” By investigating changes of denomination, the study contributes to an understanding of the political handling of denominational plurality and coexistence during the period under examination. Key areas of inquiry that can yield new insights into the history of confessionalization in the Electoral Palatinate include: freedom of conscience and confession for subjects; the authority of secular authorities in religious matters and challenges to that authority; the relationship between confessionalization and the formation of the territorial state; conversion and conformity; religious indifference and confessional syncretism; the impact of confessional competition.

• Fundamental Questions in the Quantitative Analysis of Theological Correspondence (in collaboration with Stefan Aderhold and Daniel Degen, workshop “Possibilities of Computer-Assisted Analysis of Historical Correspondence,” Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, February 9, 2022)
• From Online Documentation to a Printed Critical Selected Edition – A Case for a Multi-Stage Edition Model (Conference “Letter Editions: Transmission, Regesta, Commentary, Index,” Commission for Intercultural Historical Basic Sciences of Academy of Sciences and Humanities Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities Leipzig, June 16, 2023)