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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Tom, 1947-

Series:

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 106.

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Rhine River Region.

Cities and towns.

Group identity--Rhine River Region.

Group identity.

Reformation--Germany.

Reformation.

Peasants' War, 1524-1525.

Rhine River Region--Economic conditions.

Rhine River Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-86782-5

9786610867820

90-474-0723-7

1-4337-0574-5

OCLC:

191940154

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047407232 DOI