Images - Part II: Section B – Territories

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1.	Prince in Armor (c. 1514) One of the most important artists of the German Renaissance, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was court artist to Saxon Elector Frederick “the Wise” (1463-1525) and his brother John (1468-1532)....
2.	Lorenz von Bibra, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (c. 1520) Lorenz von Bibra (1459-1519) was born into the Franconian nobility and served as prince-bishop of Würzburg from 1495 until his death. As prince-bishop of Würzburg, he was among the most powerful....
3.	Mapping a Territory – Württemberg (c. 1537) The mapping of princely lands was essential to the formation of institutionalized territorial states. This map from 1537 shows the duchy of Württemberg. Stuttgart, the capital of the territory, is....
4.	Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (1545) A notorious spendthrift and gambler, Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (1487-1550) was driven from his duchy by the Swabian League in 1519. In 1534, he was forcibly restored to power. He introduced Protestantism....
5.	Duke William IV of Bavaria (1st Half of the 16th Century) Bavaria, an old dukedom long ruled by the native Wittelsbach dynasty, pioneered the transformation of medieval principalities into territorial states. Duke William IV (r. 1508-1550), shown astride....
6.	Duke August I, Elector of Saxony (2nd Half of the 16th Century) Duke August (r. 1553-86), the political leader of the Lutheran princes and cities, collaborated with the emperor and sponsored the Formula of Concord of 1577, an agreement that ended the fierce doctrinal....
7.	The Temporal Hierarchy – Three Imperial Princes (2nd Half of the 16th Century) This image is one of a series illustrating temporal and ecclesiastical hierarchies. The Imperial princes formed the highest temporal rank, but the ecclesiastical princes outranked them in the princes’....
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