State and Nobility in Early Modern Germany: The Knightly Feud in Franconia, 1440 1567

by Hillay Zmora

Book Overview

One of the most striking features of late medieval and early modern German was the countless feuds carried out by nobles. A constant threat to law and order, these feuds have commonly been regarded as a manifestation of the decline - economic and otherwise - of the nobility. This study shows that the nobility was not in crisis at this time. Nor were feuds merely banditry by another name. Rather, they were the result of an interplay between two fundamental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052152265X
• ISBN13: 9780521522656
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"