One of the most striking features of late medieval and early modern
German was the countless feuds carried out by nobles. A constant
threat to law and order, these feuds have commonly been regarded as
a manifestation of the decline - economic and otherwise - of the
nobility. This study shows that the nobility was not in crisis at
this time. Nor were feuds merely banditry by another name. Rather,
they were the result of an interplay between two fundamental
processes: princely state-building, and social stratification among
the nobility. Offering a new paradigm for understanding the German
nobility, this book argues that the development of the state made
proximity to princes the single most decisive factor in determining
the fortune of a family. The result was a violent competition among
the nobility over resources which were crucial to the princes.
Feuds played a central role in this struggle that eventually led to
the formation of an elite of noble families on whose power and
wealth the princely state depended.
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