Preface -- Introduction -- Before bankruptcy : conflict solution strategies of upper German / Mechthild Isenmann -- Trading companies in the fifteenth and "long" sixteenth centuries / Wolfgang Forster -- Failed memoria : rights of patronage and of burial in bankruptcy / Dave De ruysscher -- The...

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The energiewende "made in Germany" is a relatively recent phenomenon, yet with a long germination period, going back to the 1970s, and it has attracted broad interest in many spheres, including academia, industry, and policy making. The previous chapters have provided insights into specific...