The Emperor's Old Clothes : : Constitutional History and the Symbolic Language of the Holy Roman Empire / / Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger.
For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. What...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (356 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Creation and Presentation of the Empire: Worms, 1495
- Chapter 2. Cleavage of the Sacral Community: Augsburg, 1530
- Chapter 3. More Strife than Ever Before: Regensburg, 1653/54
- Chapter 4. Parallel Worlds: Frankfurt-Regensburg-Vienna, 1764/65
- Conclusion. The Symbolic Logic of the Empire
- Bibliography
- Index