"Doing Cultural History" collects papers on a variety of topics. The issues addressed span from the 12th to the 21st century and include the communication of peace in written and pictorial sources, narrative structures in legal texts, masculinity and violence, and new research into Scottish medieval history as well as a comparison of religious theme parks and the perception of sorcery and false saintliness in early modern Spain.

Judith Mengler is a research assistant within the research unit "Historical Cultural Sciences" at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. She studied History and Classical Archaeology in Mainz. Her research interests are medieval medicine and surgery, body history, and historical practices of inclusion and exclusion in earlier periods. Kristina Müller-Bongard is a research assistant and the coordinator of the research unit Historical Cultural Sciences, Mainz. She studied art history and cultural anthropology at Mainz University. Her research interests are counter-Reformation art, political iconography and early modern art literature.