Close, Christopher W. <br/><br/>
The negotiated Reformation :  imperial cities and the politics of urban reform, 1525-1550 / 
Christopher W. Close. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2009. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 284 pages) :  illustrations, maps 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index. 
<br/><br/>Consultation and the urban hierarchy -- Imperial cities and collective politics -- Preachers, consultation, and the spread of urban reform in southern Germany -- The urban reformation in Donauwörth -- The urban reformation in Kaufbeuren -- Negotiation and the rural reformation in eastern Swabia -- Eastern Swabia and the Schmalkaldic War. 
<br/><br/> Utilizing evidence from numerous imperial cities, this book offers a new explanation for the spread and survival of urban reform during the sixteenth century. By analyzing the operation of regional political constellations, it reveals a common process of negotiation that shaped the Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire. It reevaluates traditional models of reform that leave unexplored the religious implications of flexible systems of communication and support among cities. Such networks influenced urban reform in fundamental ways, affecting how Protestant preachers moved from city to city, as w. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521760201 0521760208 9780511641435 0511641435 9780511642050 0511642059 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9786612386374 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>238637  MIL 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Geschichte 1525-1550 <br/>1500-1648 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reformation--Germany.<br/>Imperial cities (Holy Roman Empire)<br/>Christianity and politics--History--Germany--16th century.<br/>RELIGION--Christianity--History.<br/>Christianity and politics.<br/>Imperial cities (Holy Roman Empire)<br/>Politics and government<br/>Reformation.<br/>Reichsstadt.<br/>Reformation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Germany--Politics and government--1517-1648.<br/>Germany--Church history--16th century.<br/>Germany.<br/>Süddeutschland.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Church history.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR307  / .C66 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>274.3/06