Between Opposition and Collaboration
Nobles, Bishops, and the German Reformations in the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, 1555–1619
Biographical note
Richard J. Ninness, Ph.D. (2006) in History, University of Pennsylvania, is Assistant Professor at Touro College in New York City.
Readership
All those interested in the Reformation, church history, nobles, and early modern Germany.
Reviews
To Ninness’s credit, he has discovered that noble, familial alliances were the true authorities of this prince-bishopric. [...] Ninness reminds us that this is a fascinating and complex moment in early modern German history, one that is well served by this fine study.
Erica Bastress-Dukeheart, H-HRE, H-Net Reviews, May, 2013
This study, which looks at the role of the imperial knights in the governance and politics of the prince-bishopric of Bamberg in the late sixteenth century, advances our understanding of how the imperial church in particular, and the Empire more generally, responded to the challenges posed by the Reformation.
Marc R. Forster, 'German Studies Review' (GSR), February 2013, 36 /1, 167-170
This interesting story is told in an able analysis based on solid archival research.
R. Po-chia Hsia, Pennsylvania State University. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 63, No. 4 (October 2012), pp. 820-821.
[...] [H]istorical realities revealed by Ninness’s careful study of the prince-bishopric of Bamberg. Hopefully it will inspire historians to take up a similar approach for other areas of the Empire.
C. Scott Dixon, The Catholic Historical Review Vol. 98, No. 3 (July 2012)
Erica Bastress-Dukeheart, H-HRE, H-Net Reviews, May, 2013
This study, which looks at the role of the imperial knights in the governance and politics of the prince-bishopric of Bamberg in the late sixteenth century, advances our understanding of how the imperial church in particular, and the Empire more generally, responded to the challenges posed by the Reformation.
Marc R. Forster, 'German Studies Review' (GSR), February 2013, 36 /1, 167-170
This interesting story is told in an able analysis based on solid archival research.
R. Po-chia Hsia, Pennsylvania State University. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 63, No. 4 (October 2012), pp. 820-821.
[...] [H]istorical realities revealed by Ninness’s careful study of the prince-bishopric of Bamberg. Hopefully it will inspire historians to take up a similar approach for other areas of the Empire.
C. Scott Dixon, The Catholic Historical Review Vol. 98, No. 3 (July 2012)
Table of contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Lay of the Land
2 The Protestant Reformation and Aristocratic Control of Bamberg
3 The Aristocratic Church and Resistance to Reform
4 Protestant Officials as Agents of the Counter-Reformation
5 The Counter-Reformation and the Alienation of the Imperial Knights, 1594–1599
6 Confession and the Limits of Cooperation
Conclusion The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and the Imperial Knights
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1 Lay of the Land
2 The Protestant Reformation and Aristocratic Control of Bamberg
3 The Aristocratic Church and Resistance to Reform
4 Protestant Officials as Agents of the Counter-Reformation
5 The Counter-Reformation and the Alienation of the Imperial Knights, 1594–1599
6 Confession and the Limits of Cooperation
Conclusion The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and the Imperial Knights
Bibliography
Index
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