State and nobility in early modern Germany : the knightly feud in Franconia, 1440-1567 /

One of the most striking features of late medieval and early modern German was the countless feuds carried out by nobles. A constant threat to law and order, these feuds have commonly been regarded as a manifestation of the decline - economic and otherwise - of the nobility. This study shows that th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zmora, Hillay, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Colección:Cambridge studies in early modern history.
Temas:
Nobility > Germany > Franconia > History.
Knights and knighthood > Germany > Franconia > History.
Feudal law > Germany > Franconia.
Landfriede.
Droit féodal > Allemagne > Franconie.
REFERENCE > Genealogy & Heraldry.
Feudal law
Knights and knighthood
Landfriede
Nobility
Politics and government
Adel.
Veten.
Staatsvorming.
Franconia (Germany) > Politics and government.
Germany > Franconia
Franken (streek)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The problem of the feud
  • The politics of violence: feuding in late medieval Franconia
  • The Franconian nobility
  • Prosopography of feuding noblemen
  • State, nobility, and lordship: the feud interpreted
  • The decline of the feud
  • App. A. Creditors and guarantors of the margraves of Brandenburg
  • App. B. Sample of intermarriages among the noble elite
  • App. C. Individual parameters of feuders (Sample-I)
  • App. D. Family parameters of feuders (Sample-I)
  • App. E. Individual parameters of feuders (Sample-II)
  • App. F. Family parameters of feuders (Sample-II).

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