German imperial knights : noble misfits between princely authority and the crown, 1479-1648 /: noble misfits between princely authority and the crown, 1479-1648. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard J. Ninness.
• Authors: Ninness, Richard J
• Contents: Introduction 1 1 Free Knights’ Dilemma 17 2 Marginality and Subversion 52 3 Institutionalization of a Peculiar Status in the Midst of the Reformation 86 4 Grumbach’s Attempt at a Nobles’ Revolution, Its Failure, and a New Status Quo 136 5 Imperial Knights and Imperial Church: Their Strategies in the Reformation Era 177 6 Imperial Knighthood, Multiconfessionalism, and the Counter-Reformation 207 Conclusion: Imperial Knights as Noble Misfits 257 Bibliography 270 Index 300
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 929.710943; Knights and knighthood -- Germany; Orders of knighthood and chivalry -- Germany -- History -- To 1500; Reformation -- Germany; Germany -- History -- 1517-1648; Holy Roman Empire -- History -- 1517-1648
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000285048; 9781000285024; 9781000285031; 9780429295898
• Related ISBNs: 9780367272708
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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