Protecting the Fatherland: Lawsuits and Political Debates in Jülich, Hesse-Cassel and Brittany (1642-1655)

Christel Annemieke Romein (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXIII, 218 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-74242-3 (ISBN)

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This open access book presents a comparative analysis of the use of fatherland terminology in a political and legal context in Julich, Hesse-Cassel and Brittany from 1642 to 1655. Fatherland terminology includes words such as patria, patriot and nation. In historiography, the use of these words by the nobility is often interpreted as an early sign of nationalism that conflicted with the prince's initiation of state-building. The book argues that neither 'states' nor 'nationalism' truly existed yet; rather, the political arena was dominated by dynasties. Further, it rejects the notion of deliberate state-building and demonstrates that the nobility used this terminology to object to princely politics as part of adopting a "presupposed office." This status allowed the nobility to place itself outside the ruler-subject constellation and critique the situation. The Duchy of Julich and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel are used as examples of small economies of scale with homogenous nobilities, and ones where the Thirty Year's War hit hard - which led to the illegal levying of taxes and the billeting of soldiers, and in turn to the nobility critiquing princely politics. In contrast, the Duchy of Brittany, with its large economy of scale and heterogeneous nobility, found an alternative way of pursuing its interests and keeping taxes as low as possible. The goal of this book is to discuss and present three representative cases that offer insights into how the nobility safeguarded the welfare and prosperity of the fatherland and its inhabitants.

Annemieke Romein obtained her PhD at Erasmus University in 2016 on a comparative study of the political terminology of the fatherland, patria and patriot in Hessen-Kassel, Gulik and Bretagne. In 2017 she received an NWO Rubicon grant with which she worked in Ghent from September 2017 to February 2020 on a project on political-institutional/legal history, a comparison between the regions of Flanders and Holland between 1576-1702. She was a Researcher-in-Residence/ project leader of the Digital Humanities "Entangled Histories" project at the KB National Library of the Netherlands. Since 2020 she is working at Huygens ING where she continues her research into early modern provincial regulations with her NWO Veni project 'A Game of Thrones?'.

Introduction.- Part I. Holy Roman Empire.- Political language in the Holy Roman Empire 1500-1700.- Julich: pamphlets and Cologne get-togethers (1640s-1650s).- Hesse-Cassel: alleged sedition and law-suits (1640s-1650s).- Part II. Kingdom of France.- Patriots' in France, political talks between 1500-1700.- Brittany: pay d'etats and don gratuit (1648-1652).- Part III. Conclusion.- Comparison of the cases.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.10.2021
Reihe/Serie	Studies in the History of Law and Justice
Zusatzinfo	XXIII, 218 p. 11 illus., 10 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
Schlagworte	Fatherland • Fatherland-terminology • France: Brittany • Holy Roman Empire: Jülich, Hesse-Cassel • open access • Patria • Patriot • Political-Legal Terminology • Reichskammergericht / Imperial Chamber Court • resistance • State-Building and the Thirty Years’ War
ISBN-10	3-030-74242-3 / 3030742423
ISBN-13	978-3-030-74242-3 / 9783030742423
Zustand	Neuware