This book, first published in 1984, brings together three essays written by specialists in German history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries whose important work is little known to English-speaking historians. Peter Blickle argues for a strong connection between the theology of the Reformation and the ideologies of the social protest movements of the period. Hans-Christoph Rublack takes a wider theme of the political and social norms in urban communities in the Holy Roman Empire and emphasises the ideas of justice, peace and unity held within the community despite the upheavals of revolution and protest. Winfried Schulze provides a comparative assessment of early modern peasant resistance within the Holy Roman Empire.

This book, first published in 1984, brings together three essays written by specialists in German history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries whose important work is little known to English-speaking historians. Peter Blickle argues for a strong connection between the theology of the Reformation and the ideologies of the social protest movements of the period. Hans-Christoph Rublack takes a wider theme of the political and social norms in urban communities in the Holy Roman Empire and emphasises the ideas of justice, peace and unity held within the community despite the upheavals of revolution and protest. Winfried Schulze provides a comparative assessment of early modern peasant resistance within the Holy Roman Empire.

Die 25 Beitrage des Sammelbandes entstanden zum 70. Geburtstag des Historikers Eberhard Weis. In ihnen spiegeln sich jene Themen und Epochen, die die wissenschaftliche Arbeit von Eberhard Weis vor allem gepragt haben: die europaische und deutsche Geschichte der Aufklarung, der Franzosischen Revolution und des napoleonischen Kaiserreichs, der Restauration und der Vormarzzeit. Dabei bilden Forschungen zur franzosisch-italienischen sowie zur bayerischen Geschichte einen besonderen Schwerpunkt."