{"product_id":"borders-and-freedom-of-movement-luca-scholz-9780198845676","title":"Borders and Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire","description":"In the Holy Roman Empire 'no prince â can forbid men passage in the common road', wrote the English jurist John Selden. In practice, moving through one the most fractured landscapes in human history was rarely as straightforward as suggested by Selden's account of the German 'liberty of passage'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross the Old Reich, mobile populations-from emperors to peasants-defied attempts to channel their mobility with actions ranging from mockery to bloodshed. In this study, Luca Scholz charts this contentious ordering of movement through the lens of safe conduct, an institution that was common throughout the early modern world but became a key framework for negotiating freedom of movement and its restriction in the Empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorders and Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire\u003c\/em\u003e draws on sources discovered in twenty archives, from newly unearthed drawings to first-hand accounts by peasants, princes, and prisoners. Scholz's maps shift the focus from the border to the thoroughfare to show that controls of moving goods and people were rarely concentrated at borders before the mid-eighteenth century. Uncovering a forgotten chapter in the history of free movement, the author presents a new look at the unstable relationship of political authority and human mobility in the heartlands of old-regime Europe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luca Scholz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198845677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198845676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021","brand":"Luca Scholz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983110242559,"sku":"9780198845676","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab6f7c10-41b8-4617-9d51-df793f7a9016.jpg?v=1683264725","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/borders-and-freedom-of-movement-luca-scholz-9780198845676","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}