German imperial knights attempted to turn the world on its head through their challenges to authority. They refused to obey laws that violated custom. During the Reformation, they embraced religious tolerance and stood up to their princely adversaries, becoming champions of the Catholic Church.
German imperial knights attempted to turn the world on its head through their challenges to authority. They refused to obey laws that violated custom. During the Reformation, they embraced religious tolerance and stood up to their princely adversaries, becoming champions of the Catholic Church.
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).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1 1 Free Knights' Dilemma 17 2 Marginality and Subversion 52 3 Institutionalization of a Peculiar Status in the Midst of the Reformation 86 4 Grumbach's Attempt at a Nobles' Revolution, Its Failure, and a New Status Quo 136 5 Imperial Knights and Imperial Church: Their Strategies in the Reformation Era 177 6 Imperial Knighthood, Multiconfessionalism, and the Counter-Reformation 207 Conclusion: Imperial Knights as Noble Misfits 257 Bibliography 270 Index 300
Introduction 1 1 Free Knights' Dilemma 17 2 Marginality and Subversion 52 3 Institutionalization of a Peculiar Status in the Midst of the Reformation 86 4 Grumbach's Attempt at a Nobles' Revolution, Its Failure, and a New Status Quo 136 5 Imperial Knights and Imperial Church: Their Strategies in the Reformation Era 177 6 Imperial Knighthood, Multiconfessionalism, and the Counter-Reformation 207 Conclusion: Imperial Knights as Noble Misfits 257 Bibliography 270 Index 300
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