Im Banne der freien Reichsstadt

A culture-historical narrative aimed at mature girls situates its action in and around a fifteenth-century imperial city and frames personal episodes against political upheavals such as Burgundian expansion, princely maneuvering, dynastic marriage, the peasant uprisings, and the early Reformation. It contrasts the decline of knightly life with the resilience of civic institutions, portraying artisans, Meistersinger, and pre-Reformation church relations while weaving in concrete everyday details—costume, household furnishings, tools—to illuminate social change and the lived experience of women and townspeople.