Today in German History

Today is the 515th anniversary of the Peace of Basel, in which King Maximilian I and the Swabian League ended their conflict with the Old Swiss Confederacy. While this was not the first military victory of the Swiss over their Hapsburg overlords (as overlords of Further Austria), Maximilian was forced to acknowledge the independence of the Swiss.  The military and political history of the Swabian War is covered in detail in Thomas Brady, Jr.'s book Turning Swiss: Cities and Empire, 1450-1550 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Although nearly thirty years old, it is still the best treatment of the subject in English. 

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I am hoping to use this blog to discuss all things related to German history, especially in the late medieval and early modern periods, to collect links from the web useful to this study, and to review movies and books.