Critical edition and annotation of papers of the voyage of prince Frederick of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg to France and Italy 1667-1668.

对新资料的编辑和注释是历史科学进一步研究的一个基本方面。该项目旨在出版以前未发布的资料，以便将来进行历史研究。这是第一次，它将呈现一个完整的文件，所有方面的王子的航行在一个关键的版本。除了王子自己的笔记，这个版本还包括了他的旅行同伴安东·芬克的笔记，他被指派撰写这次旅行的官方记录。这是少数允许对一次航行的两个记录进行调查的案例之一。此外，各种文学形式的不同文本将在该版本中呈现。这些文本与航行的准备和过程有关，包括指示、旅行账单、信件等。这些论文是王侯自我概念和表征表达的一个突出例子，反映了作者当代的知识视野。版本和评论形成一个重要的贡献，研究早期现代旅行帐户，宫廷文化和知识的历史。此外，该项目代表了对王公社会心理研究的贡献及其意义。

Editing and annotating of new sources is a fundamental aspect of further research within the historical sciences. The project aims at publishing previously unreleased sources, which will be accessible for future historical research. For the first time it will present a complete documentation of all aspects of a prince's voyage in a critical edition. Besides the prince's own notes, the edition encompasses also those of Anton Fink, his travel companion, who was assigned to the task of writing the official account of the journey. This is one of the few cases that allow the investigation of two records of a single voyage. Furthermore, different texts in various literary forms will be presented within the edition. These texts relate to the preparation and course of the voyage and include instructions, travel bills, letters etc. These papers are a prominent example of expressions of princely self-concept and representation, reflecting the author's contemporary horizon of knowledge. Edition and commentary form an essential contribution to the research of early modern travel accounts, court culture and the history of knowledge. Furthermore, the project represents a contribution to the research of the mentality of princely society and its significance.