Abstract:More than Normativity.
About the Function and Meaning of Magisterial and Military Ordinances during the Second Half of the Thirty Years’ War
Research about German-language countries still disputes whether stately decrees (“Policeyordnungen”, “Mandate”) could be implemented by the respective subjects, or whether they should be implemented at all. This is an important question because it determines how we need to understand governance in the early modern period. The present article shows that the previous view o… Show more
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