Between opposition and collaboration : nobles, bishops, and the German Reformations in the prince-bishopric of Bamberg, 1555-1619 / by Richard J. Ninness
Lay of the land -- The Protestant Reformation and aristocratic control of Bamberg -- The aristocratic church and resistance to reform -- Protestant officials as agents of the Counter-Reformation -- The Counter-Reformation and the alienation of the imperial knights, 1594-1599 -- Confession and the limits of cooperation -- Conclusion : the prince-bishopric of Bamberg and the imperial knights
Summary
This study of the Catholic Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and its largely Protestant aristocracy tells the complicated story of Lutheran nobles and their relatives in the Catholic Church and their struggle to cooperate in the Reformation era
