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Maxim Hoffman

maxim.hoffman@ugent.be

Department

Department of History

Research group(s)

IEMH - Institute for Early Modern History

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Projects

Projects as PhD researcher

This kingdom which you entirely dispose of as your own. Symbolic, performative and theatrical practices in Franco-Habsburg diplomacy from the Ladies’ Peace at Cambrai in 1529 to Charles V’s journey through France in 1539-1540 (2020 - 2024)

Publications

Most recent publications

Hoffman, Maxim. Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle and the Making of a First Councillor : A Commission Letter (1551) and the Correspondence with Antoine Perrenot (1546-1547). Peeters Publishers, 2026.
Hoffman, Maxim. The Secret Face of Empire : Espionage, Governance and the Habsburg Archives under Charles V, 1525-1550. Ghent University. Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, 2025.
Hoffman, Maxim. “Diplôme de Légitimation Accordé Aux Frères de Tassis.” Marie de Hongrie. Art & Pouvoir à La Renaissance, edited by Gilles Docquier and Jean-Marie Cauchies, Domaine & Musée royal de Mariemont, 2025, pp. 126–27.
Hoffman, Maxim. “Gem : ’Per Dubio Che i Congiurati Non La Dessero Ai Francesi’ : New Clues on the 1547 Piacenza Plot and the Reconstruction of a Lost Imperial Chancellery Archive.” Capt.Hypotheses.Org, no. 03/08/2025, 2025.
Hoffman, Maxim. “A Secret Life of Queen Eleanor of Austria : Correspondence, Courtiers and Covert Agents.” FRENCH HISTORY, vol. 39, no. 2, 2025, pp. 95–110, doi:10.1093/fh/crae020.

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