Town, country, and regions in Reformation Germany / / by Tom Scott.

• Superior document: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 106
• Author: Scott, Tom, 1947-
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 106.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (478 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This collection of essays covers relations between town and country, regional economic systems, and historical regional studies in late medieval and early modern Germany, in particular how these bear upon social and religious change in the age of the Reformation. Starting from case-studies of South-West Germany, Switzerland and Alsace, the essays broaden out to consider the formation of economic landscapes, the development of urban territories, and the survival of forms of serfdom throughout Germany as a whole. While issues of economic and social structure take pride of place, they are accompanied by analysis of regional mentalities and cultural identities as well. With an Introduction by Tom Brady.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Note on Usage -- Author's Preface -- Introduction, Thomas A. Brady, Jr -- PART I. TOWN AND COUNTRY BETWEEN REFORM AND REVOLT -- 1. Reformation and Peasants' War in Waldshut and Environs: A Structural Analysis -- 2. The Communal Reformation between Town and Country -- 3. The 'Butzenkrieg': The Rouffach Revolt of 1514 -- 4. Freiburg and the Bundschuh -- 5. From the Bundschuh to the Peasants' War: From Revolutionary Conspiracy to the Revolution of the Common Man -- 6. South-West German Towns in the Peasants' War: Alliances between Opportunism and Solidarity -- PART II. ECONOMIC LANDSCAPES -- 7. Economic Landscapes -- 8. Town and Country in the German-speaking Lands, 1350-1600 -- 9. Defining an Economic Region: The Southern Upper Rhine, 1450-1600 -- 10. Medium-sized and Small Towns on the Upper Rhine in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries between Domination and Competition -- 11. The Territorial Policy of Freiburg im Breisgau in the Later Middle Ages -- PART III. REGIONS AND LOCAL IDENTITIES -- 12. Alsace as an Economic Bridging Landscape in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries -- 13. The 'Revolutionary of the Upper Rhine' and Outer Austria. Visions of Reform between Empire and Territory -- 14. Liberty and Community in Medieval Switzerland -- 15. South-West German Serfdom in Comparative Perspective -- Places of Original Publication -- Index of Names and Places -- Index of Subjects.