ABSTRACT

First Published in 2006. This book attempts a new interpretation of the Holy Roman Empire in Germany from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. It makes use of regional printed materials and of unpublished state archives from north-west Germany, a large and important region of which no thorough study has yet been published in English.

part One|38 pages

Introduction

chapter I|7 pages

Early Modern Germany

chapter II|13 pages

Early Modern German Society

chapter III|16 pages

The Problem of German Federalism

part Two|120 pages

Territorial States in North-west Germany

chapter IV|10 pages

The Region around Lippe

chapter VI|50 pages

Rule by Inheritance: the Lay Territories

part Three|83 pages

Society and Politics in One State: the County of Lippe

chapter VII|20 pages

Lippe Society

chapter VIII|45 pages

Rulers' Finances and Estates' Taxation

chapter IX|16 pages

Lippe during the Thirty Years' War

part Four|128 pages

Relations between State and Federation: Lippe and the Empire

chapter X|18 pages

Lippe and the Emperors

chapter XI|25 pages

Lippe, Kammerzieler and Reichskammergericht

chapter XII|44 pages

Lippe, Römermonate and Türkensteuer

chapter XIII|39 pages

Lippe at Imperial Court, Assembly and Circle

part Five|9 pages

Conclusion

chapter XIV|7 pages

The Federal Bond of Empire