The Emperor's Old Clothes : Constitutional History and the Symbolic Language of the Holy Roman Empire (Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association)

Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara

Berghahn Books（2020/07発売）

Berghahn Books（2020/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 356 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781789207989
• DDC分類 943.02

Full Description

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 determined the rules (and whether they were followed) depended on complex symbolic-ritual actions. By examining key moments in the political history of the Empire, the author shows that it was a vocabulary of symbols, not the actual written laws, that formed a political language indispensable in maintaining the common order.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Creation and Depiction 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