"Wenzel presents Hainhofer's career, his rise and fall (as his cabinets became less affordable luxury items during the latter part of the Thirty Years' War) not in biographical terms but through a series of thematic approaches that are intelligently designed to engage with specific constellations. This means that Wenzel can offer thick interpretations that interconnect different practices, types of media and objects." (Ulinka Rublack in Herzog August Bibliothek - Book Reviews, 09.2020)
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"Als Fazit bleibt festzuhalten, dass hier eine gerade auch das historische Interesse bestens bedienende Neuerscheinung vorliegt." (Ferdinand Opll in: Mitteilungen des Instituts für österreichische Geschichtsforschung, Band 130, 2022/Teil 2)
Michael Wenzel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.