No detailed comparison of the city-state in medieval Europe has been undertaken over the last century. Research has concentrated on the role of city-states and their republican polities as harbingers of the modern state, or else on their artistic and cultural achievements, above all in Italy. Much less attention has been devoted to the cities' territorial expansion: why, how, and with what consequences cities in the urban belt, stretching from central and northern Italy over the Alps to Switzerland, Germany, and the low countries, succeeded (or failed) in constructing sovereign polities, with...
No detailed comparison of the city-state in medieval Europe has been undertaken over the last century. Research has concentrated on the role of city-s...
Over the last twenty years research on the Reformation in Germany has shifted both chronologically and thematically toward an interest in the a long' or a delayed' Reformations, and the structure and operation of the Holy Roman Empire. Whilst this focus has resulted in many fascinating new insights, it has also led to the relative neglect of the early Reformation movement. Put together with the explicit purpose of encouraging scholars to reengage with the early a storm years' of the German Reformation, this collection of eleven essays by Tom Scott, explores several issues in the...
Over the last twenty years research on the Reformation in Germany has shifted both chronologically and thematically toward an interest in the a long'...
