Imperial villages : cultures of political freedom in the German lands, c. 1300-1800 / / by Beat Kümin

• Autore: Kümin Beat A.
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.80943
• Soggetto topico: Imperial villages (Holy Roman Empire); Political culture - Holy Roman Empire; Country life - Holy Roman Empire
• Soggetto geografico: Holy Roman Empire Politics and government
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Notes on the Text -- Figures and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Approaches -- Polities without a Prince: an Introduction -- Origins, Evolutions and Settings -- Regimes -- Domestic Affairs: Co-Operation and Conflict -- External Relations: Protectors and Predators -- Religious Life: Heaven and Earth -- Perspectives -- Representations and Perceptions -- Conclusions -- Back Matter -- Communities Possessing, Claiming or Attributed Imperial Village Status (Pre-1803) -- Senior Officials and Clergymen in Five Imperial Villages c. 1300–1800 -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Hundreds of rural communities tasted political freedom in the Holy Roman Empire. For shorter or longer periods, villagers managed local affairs without subjection to territorial overlords. In this first book-length study, Beat Kümin focuses on the five case studies of Gochsheim and Sennfeld (in present-day Bavaria), Sulzbach and Soden (Hesse) and Gersau (Switzerland). Adopting a comparative perspective across the late medieval and early modern periods, the analysis of multiple sources reveals distinct extents of rural self-government, the forging of communalized confessions and an enduring attachment to the empire. Negotiating inner tensions as well as mounting centralization pressures, Reichsdörfer provide privileged insights into rural micro-political cultures while their stories resonate with resurgent desires for greater local autonomy in Europe today.
• Titolo autorizzato: Imperial villages
• ISBN: 90-04-39660-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823513203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Central European Histories ; 65.