Manifestations Of Discontent In Germany On The Eve Of The Reformation: A Collection Of Documents

The Reformation Of The Emperor Sigismund (c. 1438) -- Berthold Von Henneberg's Speech To The Diet Of Worms (1497) -- The Debate With Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1451-1515) -- A German Clergyman's Criticism Of Rome (c. 1451) -- The Statement Of Grievances Presented To The Diet Of Worms In 1521 -- Heinrich Bebel's Oration In Praise Of Germany, Given Before Maximilian I (1501) -- Germans Are Not Barbarians : Three Chapters From Irenicus' Exegesis Germaniae (1518) -- From Ulrich Von Hutten, Arminius : A Dialogue Taking Place In The Underworld (c. 1518) -- The Lady From Brittany (1491) -- How The Mighty Rule : Three Chapters From Reynard The Fox (1498) -- Concerning Power Fools Or The Instability Of Power : A Sermon By Johann Geiler Von Kaiserberg On Sebastian Brant's Ship Of Fools (1498) -- The Insolence Of Ecclesiastical Princes (c. 1450) -- A Protest By The Bavarian Estates Against The Arrogant Conduct Of Their Prince (1514) --^ Usury, A Dialogue On Interest : In Which A Peasant, A Wealthy Burgher, A Priest, And A Monk Engage In A Disputation On Lending, And Whether The Taking Of Interest On Loans In Usury (c. 1521) -- Interest And Profiteering : From Johann Agricola's Commentaries On German Proverbs (1528) -- How The Jews Were Driven From Regensburg (1519) -- Trouble Among The Journeymen Furriers Of Strassburg -- Grievances And Demands Of The Craft Guilds Of Cologne (1513) -- The Articles Of The Bundschuh In The Bishopric Of Speyer (1502) -- A Description Of The Bundschuh In Breisgau In 1513 : From Pamphilus Gengenbach's The Bundschuh -- The Arme Konrad : From The Statement Of Grievances Drawn Up By The Territorial Diet Of Württemberg (1514) -- Articles Of The Peasants Of Stühlingen And Lupfen (1525) -- An Unsympathetic View Of The Peasant Movement : From Sebastian Franck's Chronicle -- A Dialogue Spoken By Franz Von Sickingen At The Gates Of Heaven With Saint Peter And The Knight Saint George (1523) --^ Complaints Of The Knights Of Franconia As Presented To The Estates Of The Empire (1522) -- The Life Of A German Knight As Seen By Ulrich Von Hutten (1518) -- Protests Against The Roman Law In Bavaria And Württemberg (1471-1521) -- From Ulrich Von Hutten's The Robbers (1521) -- Let Everyone Conduct Himself According To His Estate : From Johann Agricola's Commentaries On German Proverbs (1528) -- Gluttony And Drunkenness : A Sermon By Johann Geiler Von Kaisersberg On Sebastian Brant's Ship Of Fools (1498) -- The Nuisance Of Undisciplined Mercenary Soldiers : From Sebastian Franck's Chronicle (1531) -- Religious And Social Upheaval : The Drummer Of Niklashausen (1476) -- Sebastian Brant On The Inevitable Fall Of The Holy Roman Empire (1504) -- Reform And Redemption : From The Book Of One Mankind (1534) -- Sebastian Franck On The Incurable Folly Of Hundred Chapters And Forty Statutes (c. 1500). A Collection Of Documents Selected, Translated, And Introduced, By Gerald Strauss. Includes Bibliographical References.