The imperial cities and the politics of urban reform, 1525-1550Close, Christopher W.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.Church history.History.enkCambridgeNew YorkCambridge University Press2009monographiceng1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations, mapsUtilizing 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.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.Christopher W. Close.Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index.e-gx---ReformationGermanyImperial cities (Holy Roman Empire)GermanyPolitics and government1517-1648Christianity and politicsGermanyHistory16th centuryGermanyChurch history16th centuryRELIGIONChristianityHistoryChristianity and politicsImperial cities (Holy Roman Empire)Politics and governmentReformationGermanyReichsstadtReformationSüddeutschland Geschichte 1525-1550 swd 1500-1648 fast BR307 .C66 2009eb274.3/06Close, Christopher W.Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009(DLC) 2009025288978052176020105217602089780511641435051164143597805116420500511642059238637 MILhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=304017http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=304017CDX09061820200709055232.0ocn526106555eng