German Imperial Knights

Noble Misfits between Princely Authority and the Crown, 1479–1648

AvRichard J. Ninness

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien Routledge Research in Early Modern History

716 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Inbunden

2 783 kr

E-bok

813 kr

E-bok

813 kr

Beskrivning

The German imperial knights were branded disobedient, criminal, or treasonous, but instead of finding themselves on the wrong side of history, they resisted marginalization and adapted through a combination of conservative and progressive strategies. The knights tried to turn the elite world on its head through their constant challenges to the princes in the realms of both culture and governance. They held their own chivalric tournaments from 1479-1487, and defied the emperor and powerful princes in refusing to obey laws that violated custom. But their resistance led to a series of disasters in the 1520s: their leaders were hunted down and their castles destroyed. Having failed on their own, they turned to Emperor Charles V in the 1540s and the imperial knighthood was formed. This new status stabilized their position and provided them with important rights, including the choice between Lutheranism and Catholicism. During the Reformation era (1517-1648), no other German group embraced diversity in religion like the imperial knights. Despite the popularity of Protestantism in the group, they stood up to their princely adversaries, now Protestant, becoming champions of the Catholic Church and proved themselves just as staunch defenders of the Church as the Habsburg and Wittelsbach dynasties.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-08-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:449 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Research in Early Modern History
Antal sidor:308
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367646844

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Richard J. Ninness is Associate Professor at Touro College in New York City. He is the author of Between Opposition and Collaboration: Nobles, Bishops, and the German Reformations in the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg (2011).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 11 Free Knights’ Dilemma 172 Marginality and Subversion 523 Institutionalization of a Peculiar Status in the Midstof the Reformation 864 Grumbach’s Attempt at a Nobles’ Revolution, ItsFailure, and a New Status Quo 1365 Imperial Knights and Imperial Church: TheirStrategies in the Reformation Era 1776 Imperial Knighthood, Multiconfessionalism, and theCounter-Reformation 207Conclusion: Imperial Knights as Noble Misfits 257Bibliography 270Index 300

Mer från samma serie

Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809

Miia Kuha, Petri Karonen

Häftad, 2025

716 kr

Renaissance of Plotinus

Anna Corrias

Häftad, 2022

695 kr

Episteme of the Gallic Past

Lisa Regazzoni

Häftad, 2026

716 kr

Early Professional Women in Northern Europe, c. 1650-1850

Johanna Ilmakunnas, Marjatta Rahikainen, Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen

Häftad, 2019

716 kr

Criminal Justice During the Long Eighteenth Century

David Lemmings, Allyson N. May

Inbunden, 2018

2 546 kr

Incombustible Lutheran Books in Early Modern Germany

Avner Shamir

Inbunden, 2019

2 473 kr

English Woollen Industry, c.1200-c.1560

John Oldland

Inbunden, 2019

2 546 kr

Economic Causes of the English Civil War

George Yerby

Inbunden, 2019

2 546 kr

Peace of Augsburg and the Meckhart Confession

Adam Glen Hough

Inbunden, 2019

2 546 kr

Witchcraft, the Devil, and Emotions in Early Modern England

Charlotte-Rose Millar

Häftad, 2019

752 kr

Du kanske också är intresserad av

Nyhet

L'amour toujours : Berättelsen om Tidö

Maggie Strömberg, Torbjörn Nilsson

Inbunden, 2026

275 kr