Gründungszeit ohne Eidgenossen

For nearly 50 years, the so-called founding period of the Swiss Confederation around 1300 has not been presented in a coherent and contemporary manner. It is time for a new and groundbreaking standard work that frees itself from the burden of outdated perspectives. The classical topics of early Swiss history, centered on Central Switzerland - the Federal Charter of 1291, the events at Morgarten in 1315, and the imperial freedom in the so-called royal charters - are reinterpreted and innovatively placed within broader political, economic, and social contexts. The book is based on years of intensive research and sets new standards in the representation of the so-called beginnings of the Swiss Confederation around 1300. A new approach to the documents based on cultural history and the use of 14-C dating methods leads to partly spectacular results for individual key documents.