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