From Dissecting Table to Courtroom. The Professionalisation of Medico-Legal Expertise in the Early Modern County of Flanders (16th-18th Centuries) Ghent University
This research proposal aims to analyse the professionalisation of medico-legal expertise in the early modern County of Flanders. This objective will primarily be achieved by an analysis of the form and content of autopsy reports produced by medical experts who offered their services to law courts.
Much attention will be paid to comparisons between courts on different institutional levels.