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  • 4 - Shared Sovereignty and Regional Peace (1552–1567)

  • Christopher W. Close, St Joseph's University, Philadelphia
  • Book:
    State Formation and Shared Sovereignty
    Published online:
    02 March 2021
    Print publication:
    25 February 2021, pp 135-167

  • Summary

    Chapter 4 focuses on the League’s resolution of conflicts involving members during its first twelve years. The League’s operation during this time reveals the challenges facing the Empire and its territories after the 1555 adoption of new peace-keeping regulations known as the Imperial Enforcement Ordinance. By offering a venue for the mediation of disputes that imperial organs of government could not or would not settle, the League of Landsberg served as a vehicle for implementing the Enforcement Ordinance in its member regions. In the process, the League’s operation simultaneously bolstered the Enforcement Ordinance’s regime while sapping jurisdiction away from imperial governmental bodies. Ultimately, the League created interdependencies between the imperial core and the Empire’s regions that set the stage for later debates over what alliances could and should do within the Empire’s structure.