The early modern clercis whose biographies the students have studied for this project were members of the cathedral chapter in the Archbishopric of Mainz and attained the highest dignity within the cathedral chapter, that of cathedral provost, between 1650 and 1803. Initially, lay cathedral prebendaries were also included in the study, but the final focus of the project was on fourteen cathedral provosts who served between 1650 and 1800.
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| NAME | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | YEARS ACTIVE |
|---|---|---|
| Adolph Hund von Saulheim | 1595–1668 | 1652–1668 |
| Johann Heppenheim genannt von Saal | 1609–1672 | 1668–1672 |
| Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid | 1617–1675 | 1672–1673 |
| Dietrich Kaspar von Fürstenberg | 1615–1675 | 1673–1675 |
| Marquard Schenk von Castell | 1605–1685 | 1675–1685 |
| Johann Wilhelm Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht | 1624–1694 | 1685–1694 |
| Christoph Rudolf von Stadion | 1638–1700 | 1695–1700 |
| Heinrich Ferdinand von der Leyen | 1642–1714 | 1700–1714 |
| Johann Philipp Franz Graf von Schönborn | 1673–1724 | 1714–1724 |
| Hugo Wolfgang von Kesselstatt | 1659–1738 | 1724–1738 |
| Karl Emmerich von Breidbach-Bürresheim | 1674–1743 | 1738–1743 |
| Hugo Franz Karl von Eltz(-Kempenich) | 1701–1779 | 1743–1779 |
| Heinrich Wilhelm Harff von Dreyborn | 1715–1781 | 1779–1781 |
| Damian Friedrich von der Leyen-Hohengeroldseck | 1738–1817 | 1781–1817 |