Sarah Rindlisbacher Thomi

Sarah Rindlisbacher Thomi is a lecturer in pre-modern Swiss history at the Institute of History of the University of Bern.

The use of mercenaries by Zurich and Bern against central Switzerland

Sarah Rindlisbacher Thomi 23.10.2023 In the 17th century, Zurich and Bern took steps to bring in foreign troops for support in conflicts against their catholic countrymen. Why was their own militia not enough and what did the two cities hope to gain by bringing in mercenaries to fight for them?

Central Swiss soldiers going to the second Battle of Villmergen. Painting by Johann Franz Strickler c. 1712.

A journey across Switzerland in 1608

Sarah Rindlisbacher Thomi 07.02.2022 Drinking and bathing habits, fashion preferences, dealing with death: the astonishing observations of English traveller Thomas Coryat (1577-1617) in early 17th-century Switzerland.

View of the city of Zurich c. 1576, the Murerplan by Zurich cartographer Jos Murer, colourised.