Project E 3 investigates how the health policy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach around 1800 became part of the far-reaching reforms that led to the development of modern statehood. The project analyzes the nature and development of the corresponding discourse between intellectuals (medical practitioners and academics) and political elites (rulers and administrative bodies) in the Duchy, and to what extent reform-oriented positions gained influence in the rulers' decision-making process and in legislatory practice.
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