Geschichte der Gesellschaft der Herren zu Schützen Luzern

For more than four hundred years, the Herren zu Schützen determined the fate of the city-state of Lucerne: "They were a military organization, informal association of the urban upper class, secret city government and center of civic sociability," as summarized by Prof. Dr. Valentin Groebner of the University of Lucerne. The book works up the history of the society according to modern scientific criteria and provides an insight into a diverse military and political past of the state and city of Lucerne.