The Emperor's Old Clothes

Constitutional History and the Symbolic Language of the Holy Roman Empire

The Emperor's Old Clothes
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
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16 Jun 2020 UK
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9781789207989
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For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. What determined the rules (and whether they were followed) depended on complex symbolic-ritual actions. By examining key moments in the political history of the Empire, the author shows that it was a vocabulary of symbols, not the actual written laws, that formed a political language indispensable in maintaining the common order.
"The German Studies Association has done the scholarly community a favor by including this English translation of Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger's important book in their series Spektrum... Her approach is creative and an important antidote to the convoluted constitutional studies that have been written before." Journal of Modern History
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger is Professor and Chair of Early Modern History at the University of Munster. She is the author of Das Heilige Roemische Reich Deutscher Nation: Vom Ende des Mittelalters bis 1806 (2009), Europa im Jahrhundert der Aufklarung (2000), and Rituale (2013). In 2005 she received the prestigious Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation, in 2003 the Prize of the Historical Collegium of the Bavarian Academy of Science.
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ISBN-13: 9781789207989
Published: 16 Jun 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 356

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