Heiko Droste

HEIKO DROSTE (b. 1963; Ph.D. 1994, Hamburg University) is Professor of Urban History at Stockholm University and head of the Institute for Urban History. He specializes in the late medieval and early modern history of the Baltic Sea Region, with a focus on cities, communication, diplomacy, the postal system and the historiography of cities. His latest publications concern the Baroque news market and include The Business of News (Leiden: Brill, 2021), as well as the Baroque Historian’s Confession: Reflections on the Baroque Economy (Lund: Lärdomshistoriska samfundet, 2021).

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