Informationskultur und Beziehungswissen

Hans Fugger (1531-1598) wrote over 4,800 letters to correspondents in a Europe-wide network. These letters give an insight into domains of the life of the Fuggers and are at the same time valuable documents for the history of communication in the Early Modern Age. Thanks to his outstanding communicative abilities, Fugger built up and maintained a highly effective information network and network of contacts serving the interests at one and the same time of the trading organisation and the young aristocratic Fugger family and making Fugger a key figure in transmitting up-to-date information and establishing indispensable social contacts.