Taxes, Wagenburgs and a Nightingale: The Imperial Abbey of Ellwangen and the Hussite Wars, 1427–1435
Drawing upon unpublished financial accounts, this article sheds new light on how an ecclesiastical institution in southern Germany navigated the tense military and political environment of the Holy Roman Empire during the Hussite wars. The accounts of Ellwangen Abbey offer a compelling window into h...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2021
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 4, Pages: 751-777 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kloster Ellwangen
/ Germany
/ Hussite Wars (1419-1436)
/ Tax
/ Military
/ Politics
/ History 1427-1435
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KBB German language area KCA Monasticism; religious orders SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | Drawing upon unpublished financial accounts, this article sheds new light on how an ecclesiastical institution in southern Germany navigated the tense military and political environment of the Holy Roman Empire during the Hussite wars. The accounts of Ellwangen Abbey offer a compelling window into how its community dealt with a series of military, economic and diplomatic challenges - from raising extraordinary war taxes and hosting the visiting emperor-elect, to equipping its own military contingent - encouraging a reassessment of the burdens borne by ecclesiastical foundations during the Hussite era and offering new perspectives on how holy war impacted on daily life in smaller communities in Central Europe. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046920002602 |