In Defense of Patria: Resisting Magistrates and the Duties of Patriots in the Empire from the 1530s to the 1640s
In 1509, families of the Hessian nobility united into an association to defend themselves against outside foes, but if need be, against the Hessian landgraves as well. When in 1647 the Hessian nobility opposed the Hessian landgraves again, their arguments had changed substantially. They were no long...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2001
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2001, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 357-382 |
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| Summary: | In 1509, families of the Hessian nobility united into an association to defend themselves against outside foes, but if need be, against the Hessian landgraves as well. When in 1647 the Hessian nobility opposed the Hessian landgraves again, their arguments had changed substantially. They were no longer founding an association, but were addressing themselves as patriots who had the duty to defend the laws of their fatherland, Hesse, against any violation, even by their own prince. This article studies the emergence of constitutional patriotism in Germany from the debates about the right to self-defense by law of nature during the debate about resistance against Charles V in the 1530s to the 1550s, to the further development of these arguments and their application during conflicts between territorial estates and princes during the Thirty Years' War. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2671737 |