Die evangelischen Kirchenordnungen des XVI. Jahrhunderts

This volume completes the edition of orders from the imperial cities in southwestern Germany and also concludes the volumes for what is now Baden-Württemberg. The volume contains the church orders for Reutlingen, Ulm, Esslingen, Giengen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Wimpfen, Leutkirch and Aalen. The church orders of these imperial cities gave the Reformation in the southwest of Germany a great deal of momentum. The local lords and magistrates were forced to give their communities new orders in numerous areas of church life.