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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. “’Nouvelles de La Frontière.’ : Een Analyse van de Spionagenetwerken En Contraspionage Onder Adrien de Croÿ Tijdens Het Bestuur van Maria van Hongarije.” TIJD-SCHRIFT. HEEMKUNDE EN LOKAAL-ERFGOEDPRAKTIJK IN VLAANDEREN, vol. 14, no. 1, 2025, pp. 54–71.
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.
Hoffman, Maxim. “Espionnage et Diplomatie Informelle Dans Les Cours de Marie de Hongrie et d’Éléonore d’Autriche Au XVIe Siècle.” PUBLICATION DU CENTRE EUROPÉEN D’ÉTUDES BOURGUIGNONNES, edited by Alain Marchandisse and Eva Pibiri, no. 65, 2025, pp. 353–69.
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. “A Sisyphean Task : Information Gathering at the French Court by Queen Leonor and Her Courtiers (1530-1548).” In the Footsteps of Decision Making : Group Interests and Sociability in Pre-Modern Politics, 2023.

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