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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Acknowledgements / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Introduction / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Chapter One The Scope of the Episcopus Exclusus in Medieval and Early Modern Germany / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Chapter Two Conflict, Expulsion, and Cohabitation in Late Medieval Constance / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Chapter Three Civic Encroachment and Episcopal Withdrawal in Late Medieval Augsburg / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Chapter Four The Sacred City: The Theater of Episcopal Ritual / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Chapter Five The 'Last Rites' of a Bishop: Reformation in Constance and Augsburg / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Conclusion: The Sacred City after Exile / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Appendix A Ecclesiastical Territories / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Appendix B The Bishops of Constance / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Appendix C The Bishops of Augsburg / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Appendix D Residency Patterns-The Bishops of Constance (1322-1480) / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Bibliography / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Index of Subjects / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Index of Persons and Places / J. Jeffery Tyler -- Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought / Editor: Heiko A. Oberman.