Abstract

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’ chamber of the Imperial Diet [Reichstag]. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer (1539-84), second half of the 16th century.

The Temporal Hierarchy – Three Imperial Princes (2nd Half of the 16th Century)

Tobias Stimmer

Source

Source: Tobias Stimmer, Die Weltliche Hierarchie - Drei Reichsfürsten. Woodcut, second half of the 16th century. Original: Grafische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna. Available online at: http://www.zeno.org/nid/20004313224

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The Temporal Hierarchy – Three Imperial Princes (2nd Half of the 16th Century), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3307> [March 28, 2025].

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The Temporal Hierarchy – Three Imperial Princes (2nd Half of the 16th Century)

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The Temporal Hierarchy – Three Imperial Princes (2nd Half of the 16th Century)

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