Michaela Hohkamp
Herrschaft in der Herrschaft: Die vorderösterreichische Obervogtei Triberg von 1737 bis 1780.
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1998. Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts fur Geschichte, 142. First edition. 3525354576 283 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in green cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Book and dust jacket are like new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"The middle of the 18th century seems to be the calm before the great storm: the peasant revolts are over, the upheavals of the 19th century are still a long way off; the short era of enlightened absolutism has begun. However, the focus is on geographical and political peripheral areas, a picture of diverse change emerges. Michaela Hohkamp shows that the Obervogtei of Triberg did not at all fit into the absolutist rule. The "Obervogt," dependent on the support of local elites and himself oriented towards the traditional understanding of rule, did not succeed in enforcing sovereign guidelines . Nevertheless, social, economic and political relations changed fundamentally around the middle of the 18th century. The process of internal state formation was primarily set in motion by disputes about honor: by bringing their honor conflicts to the chief bailiff, they allowed him insights into local conditions. In the course of the investigations and interviews, the chief bailiff forced the events discussed into a separate order that tore apart social connections. In this way he was able to intensify his lordly grip and stabilize new relationship patterns."