Lord of the sacred city : : the Episcopus exclusus in late medieval and early modern Germany / / J. Jeffery Tyler.

• Superior document: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; Volume 72
• VerfasserIn: Tyler, J. Jeffery,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; Volume 72.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Acknowledgements /; Introduction /; Chapter One The Scope of the Episcopus Exclusus in Medieval and Early Modern Germany /; Chapter Two Conflict, Expulsion, and Cohabitation in Late Medieval Constance /; Chapter Three Civic Encroachment and Episcopal Withdrawal in Late Medieval Augsburg /; Chapter Four The Sacred City: The Theater of Episcopal Ritual /; Chapter Five The 'Last Rites' of a Bishop: Reformation in Constance and Augsburg /; Conclusion: The Sacred City after Exile /; Appendix A Ecclesiastical Territories /; Appendix B The Bishops of Constance /; Appendix C The Bishops of Augsburg /; Appendix D Residency Patterns-The Bishops of Constance (1322-1480) /; Bibliography /; Index of Subjects /; Index of Persons and Places /; Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004475559
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. Jeffery Tyler.

Urban histories have emphasized the rise of civic autonomy and proto-democracy. Based on chronicle and archival sources, this volume focuses on German bishops, former lords of the city and fierce opponents of civic freedom. The author investigates how bishops contested exclusion from political, economic, and religious dimensions of civic life (Episcopus exclusus), which culminated in the Protestant Reformation. Four chapters are devoted to episcopal expulsion throughout Germany and the cities of Constance and Augsburg in particular. A remarkable section explores the puzzle of the bishop's civic survival in the later Middle Ages, made possible through episcopal ritual. The emphasis on city, bishop, and ritual will be of special interest to urban historians as well as to scholars of medieval religion, the reformation, church history, church/state relations, and social history.