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Book The Army of the Swabian League 1525

Download or read book The Army of the Swabian League 1525 written by Douglas Miller and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Swabian League was established as a defensive alliance of princes, prelates, and Imperial cities to maintain the peace within the territory of Southern Germany. In 1525 the League faced an existential threat in the form of an attempt by the exiled Duke Ulrich of Württemberg to retake his territory and a series of localised peasant uprisings which united into a movement for political reform. The League was forced to mobilise a mercenary armyat a time of financial crisis and a shortage of Landsknechts, many of whom were fighting in the Italian Wars. This book presents a detailed inside account of the different components and internal organisation of the League army. It focuses on two campaigns led by its supreme commander, Georg Truchsess von Waldburg, to maintain discipline during an intensive six-month campaign to thwart the Duke of Württemberg and smash the peasant rebellion whilst attempting to appease his political overlords within the League.

Book The Peasants War in Germany  1525 1526

Download or read book The Peasants War in Germany 1525 1526 written by Ernest Belfort Bax and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book War and Peace in the Religious Conflicts of the Long Sixteenth Century

Download or read book War and Peace in the Religious Conflicts of the Long Sixteenth Century written by Gianmarco Braghi and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays seeks to analyse historically these influences, connections, and impact from multiple points of view, such as – but not limited to – the links between war and rebellion, the issues of trust and religious violence, early modern university debates on war and peace, the problems engendered by intolerance and the difficult management of tolerance, the delicate matters of politico-religious accommodation and the implementation of peace in towns and contested territories, the reappraisals and changes in the narratives of military prowess and religious fidelity, the role of women in the religious conflicts in the 'long sixteenth century', the porous boundaries (imagined or real) which existed between 'enemies' in times of war and the issues connected to the cohabitation with the 'Other' in times of peace.

Book State Formation and Shared Sovereignty

Download or read book State Formation and Shared Sovereignty written by Christopher W. Close and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a comparative study of alliances in the Holy Roman Empire and the Low Countries, Christopher W. Close offers new perspectives on how alliances in early modern Europe promoted shared sovereignty, and how this influenced the evolution of states in early modern Europe.

Book The German Peasants  War

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tom Scott
  • Publisher : Prometheus Books
  • Release : 1994-06-01
  • ISBN : 1616140240
  • Pages : 447 pages

Download or read book The German Peasants War written by Tom Scott and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German Peasants' War of 1524-26 was the greatest popular uprising in European history before the French Revolution. Its significance is heightened by the contemporary struggle for religious renewal in the Reformation, which had a decisive influence on its course. Yet very little writing in English has discussed the Peasants' War in detail. This volume traces the war through contemporary documents, both published and original, for the English-speaking reader in translation. It gives generous coverage to the causes and course of the revolt, and to its ideological mainsprings and forms of organization. At the same time it illustrates the authorities' response, the role of towns in the revolt, and the sociological variety of the participants. The main political theories inspired by the revolt receive full treatment, and the volume concludes with detailed coverage of the attempts to suppress the insurrection and its political and social aftermath. Accompanying the selection of 162 documents is an extended introduction, which traces the main issues facing historians in seeking to understand the revolt: it also provides thumbnail sketches of the course of the Peasants' War in the five main areas of rebellion. The volume includes eight maps for convenient reference and a select bibliography for further reading. This study will be of particular interest to undergraduate and graduate students of history, politics, religion, sociology, and anthropology taking courses on early modern Europe, revolutions and social movements, peasant studies, the transition from feudalism to capitalism, and the Reformation.

Book The Radical Reformation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael G. Baylor
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1991-10-31
  • ISBN : 9780521379489
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book The Radical Reformation written by Michael G. Baylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-10-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1991 collection of writings by early Reformation radicals illustrates both the diversity and the areas of agreement in their political thinking.

Book The Reformation World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Pettegree
  • Publisher : Psychology Press
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780415163576
  • Pages : 596 pages

Download or read book The Reformation World written by Andrew Pettegree and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most ambitious one-volume survey of the Reformation yet, this book is beautifully illustrated throughout. The strength of this work is its breadth and originality, covering the Church, art, Calvinism and Luther.

Book Armies of the German Peasants  War 1524   26

Download or read book Armies of the German Peasants War 1524 26 written by Douglas Miller and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2003-02-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1520s, a brief but savage war broke out in Germany when various insurgent groups rose to overthrow the power structure. The movement took as its emblem a peasant's shoe and the collective title of 'Bundschuh', and this became known as the Peasants' War (1524–1526) - although the rebel armies actually included as many townsmen, miners, disaffected knights and mercenary soldiers as rural peasants. The risings involved large armies of up to 18,000 men, and there were several major battles before the movement was put down with the utmost ferocity. This book details the armies, tactics, costume, weapons, personalities and events of this savage war.

Book War and Religion  3 volumes

Download or read book War and Religion 3 volumes written by Jeffrey M. Shaw Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 1909 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume reference provides a complete guide for readers investigating the crucial interplay between war and religion from ancient times until today, enabling a deeper understanding of the role of religious wars across cultures. Containing some 500 entries covering the interaction between war and religion from ancient times, the three-volume War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict provides students with an invaluable reference source for examining two of the most important phenomena impacting society today. This all-inclusive reference work will serve readers researching specific religious traditions, historical eras, wars, battles, or influential individuals across all time periods. The A–Z entries document ancient events and movements such as the First Crusade that began at the end of the 10th century as well as modern-day developments like ISIS and Al Qaeda. Subtopics throughout the encyclopedia include religious and military leaders or other key people, ideas, and weapons, and comprehensive examinations of each of the major religious traditions' views on war and violence are presented. The work also includes dozens of primary source documents—each introduced by a headnote—that enable readers to go directly to the source of information and better grasp its historical significance. The in-depth content of this set benefits high school and college students as well as scholars and general readers.

Book The Impact of the European Reformation

Download or read book The Impact of the European Reformation written by Ole Peter Grell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent decades have witnessed the fragmentation of Reformation studies, with high-level research confined within specific geographical, confessional or chronological boundaries. By bringing together scholars working on a wide variety of topics, this volume counteracts this centrifugal trend and provides a broad perspective on the impact of the European reformation. The essays present new research from historians of politics, of the church and of belief. Their geographical scope ranges from Scotland and England via France and Germany to Transylvania and their chronological span from the 1520s to the 1690s Considering the impact of the Reformation on political culture and examining the relationship between rulers and ruled; the book also examines the church and its personnel, another sphere of life that was entirely transformed by the Reformation. Important aspects of knowledge and belief are discussed in terms of scientific knowledge and technological progress, juxtaposed with analyses of elite and popular belief, which demonstrates the limitations of Weber's notion of the disenchantment of the world. Together they indicate the diverse directions in which Reformation scholarship is now moving, while reminding us of the need to understand particular developments within a broader European context; demonstrating that movements for religious reform left no sphere of European life untouched.

Book The Correspondence of Erasmus   Letters 1535 1657

Download or read book The Correspondence of Erasmus Letters 1535 1657 written by Desiderius Erasmus and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These letters detail Erasmus' responses to Catholic critics of his work.

Book The Era of the Protestant Revolution

Download or read book The Era of the Protestant Revolution written by Frederic Seebohm and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nelson s Encyclopaedia

Download or read book Nelson s Encyclopaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New American Cyclopaedia

Download or read book The New American Cyclopaedia written by George Ripley and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Manual of Dates

Download or read book The Manual of Dates written by George Henry Townsend and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Voices of the Reformation

    Book Details:
  • Author : John A. Wagner
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2015-05-05
  • ISBN : 1610696808
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Voices of the Reformation written by John A. Wagner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating collection of primary source documents furnishes the accounts—in their own words—of those who initiated, advanced, or lived through the Reformation. Starting in 1500, Europe transformed from a united Christendom into a continent bitterly divided between Catholicism and Protestantism by the end of the century. This illuminating text reveals what happened during that period by presenting the social, religious, economic, political, and cultural life of the European Reformation of the 16th century in the words of those who lived through it. Detailed and comprehensive, the work includes 60 primary source documents that shed light on the character, personalities, and events of that time and provides context, questions, and activities for successfully incorporating these documents into academic research and reading projects. A special section provides guidelines for better evaluating and understanding primary documents. Topics include late medieval religion, Martin Luther, reformation in Germany and the Peasants' War, the rise of Calvinism, and the English Reformation.