SOCRESTA - Social Relations and the State in Renaissance Germany
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SOCRESTA - Social Relations and the State in Renaissance Germany: Feud and the Law in the Prince-bishopric of Würzburg, 1500-1600. MSCA grant no. 101201419, funded by the European Union (Oct 2025-Dec 2027). Researcher @omandrziga.bsky.social at @york.ac.uk
While there was a steady overall decline of these remissions in the 1500s, and they stopped after Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn was elected prince-bishop in 1573, contrary to entrenched belief the practice itself weathered both the Peasants’ War and the civil wars of the 1540s and ‘50s. (2/3)
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
While there was a steady overall decline of these remissions in the 1500s, and they stopped after Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn was elected prince-bishop in 1573, contrary to entrenched belief the practice itself weathered both the Peasants’ War and the civil wars of the 1540s and ‘50s. (2/3)
The Würzburg data provides the thus far richest proof that plebeian feuds (Fehden) and their mediation by the state continued well after the practice was banned in the Holy Roman Empire in 1495, as is demonstrated by princely remissions (Landshuldung) or ‘pardons’ for feuding. (1/3)
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Würzburg data provides the thus far richest proof that plebeian feuds (Fehden) and their mediation by the state continued well after the practice was banned in the Holy Roman Empire in 1495, as is demonstrated by princely remissions (Landshuldung) or ‘pardons’ for feuding. (1/3)