Emperor''s Old Clothes - Constitutional History Symbolic Language of Holy Roman Empire

Constitutional history as history of rituals.


History of German political culture and its changes 1500-1800.


Symbolic communication in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.


Micro-historical perspective on early modern political history.

List of 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

About the author

Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger is rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin/Institute for Advanced Study and Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Münster. She is the author of Das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation: Vom Ende des Mittelalters bis 1806 (2009), Europa im Jahrhundert der Aufklärung (2000), and Rituale (2013). Her most recent book is Maria Theresia: Die Kaiserin in ihrer Zeit. Eine Biographie (C.H. Beck, Munich 2017); forthcoming English translation: Maria Theresa: The Empress in Her Time. A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2020). In 2005 she received the prestigious Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation, in 2003 the Prize of the Historical Collegium of the Bavarian Academy of Science.

Summary

Constitutional history as history of rituals. History of German political culture and its changes 1500-1800. Symbolic communication in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Micro-historical perspective on early modern political history.

Product details

• Authors: Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Stollberg-Rilinger Barbara, Barbara Stollinger-Rilinger
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781789207989
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-798-9
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Spektrum: Publications of the; Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association; Spektrum
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Europe, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political structure & processes, Holy Roman Empire, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Political structure and processes, 9th century, c 800 to c 899