Book contents
- State Formation and Shared Sovereignty
- State Formation and Shared Sovereignty
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Swabian League and the Politics of Alliance (1488–1534)
- 2 Alliances and the Early Reformation (1526–1545)
- 3 Alliances and New Visions for the Empire and the Low Countries (1540–1556)
- 4 Shared Sovereignty and Regional Peace (1552–1567)
- 5 Shared Sovereignty and Multi-confessionality in the Empire and the Low Countries (1566–1609)
- 6 Religious Alliance and the Legacy of Past Leagues (1591–1613)
- 7 Religious Alliance and the Thirty Years’ War (1610–1632)
- 8 Westphalia and Politics of Alliance in the Empire and the Dutch Republic (1631–1696)
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Shared Sovereignty and Regional Peace (1552–1567)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2021
- State Formation and Shared Sovereignty
- State Formation and Shared Sovereignty
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Swabian League and the Politics of Alliance (1488–1534)
- 2 Alliances and the Early Reformation (1526–1545)
- 3 Alliances and New Visions for the Empire and the Low Countries (1540–1556)
- 4 Shared Sovereignty and Regional Peace (1552–1567)
- 5 Shared Sovereignty and Multi-confessionality in the Empire and the Low Countries (1566–1609)
- 6 Religious Alliance and the Legacy of Past Leagues (1591–1613)
- 7 Religious Alliance and the Thirty Years’ War (1610–1632)
- 8 Westphalia and Politics of Alliance in the Empire and the Dutch Republic (1631–1696)
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 4 focuses on the League’s resolution of conflicts involving members during its first twelve years. The League’s operation during this time reveals the challenges facing the Empire and its territories after the 1555 adoption of new peace-keeping regulations known as the Imperial Enforcement Ordinance. By offering a venue for the mediation of disputes that imperial organs of government could not or would not settle, the League of Landsberg served as a vehicle for implementing the Enforcement Ordinance in its member regions. In the process, the League’s operation simultaneously bolstered the Enforcement Ordinance’s regime while sapping jurisdiction away from imperial governmental bodies. Ultimately, the League created interdependencies between the imperial core and the Empire’s regions that set the stage for later debates over what alliances could and should do within the Empire’s structure.
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- State Formation and Shared SovereigntyThe Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, 1488–1690, pp. 135 - 167Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021