Reichstag files

The plan for the edition of the German Reichstag files (RTA) of the Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire was developed in 1859 by Georg Voigt in the historical journal, probably at the suggestion of Heinrich von Sybel . It was brought into being in 1858 by Leopold von Ranke . The first volume appeared in 1867, edited by Julius Weizsäcker . It is a central edition project of sources on the history of the early modern period in Germany. It has been published by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich since it was founded .

The edition makes a selection of the files that were created in preparation and implementation of the Reichstag, and prints them partly only as regest and partly also with their full texts.

The edition of the Reichstag files consists of four series:

Older series: German Reichstag files under Emperor Friedrich III. (1440–1471), also contains the edition of the Reichstag files under King Wenzel (1376–1400), King Ruprecht (1400–1410), Emperor Sigismund (1410–1437) and King Albrecht II (1438/1439).
Middle row: German Reichstag files under Maximilian I.
Younger series: German Reichstag files under Emperor Karl V.
Imperial assemblies 1556–1662.

The edition is not yet finished.

literature

Heribert Müller : The Reichstag files (older series) and their significance for European history. In: Heinz Angermeier , Erich Meuthen (Hrsg.): Advances in historical science through research on Reichstag files. Four contributions from the work on the Reichstag files of the 15th and 16th centuries (= series of publications by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Volume 35). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1988, ISBN 3-525-35935-7 , pp. 17-46 ( online ).
Heinz Angermeier, Erich Meuthen, Eike Wolgast : The Reichstag Files Edition - On the status of the research company of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. In: Yearbook of historical research in the Federal Republic of Germany. 1997 vintage, pp. 15-19.
Eike Wolgast: German Reichstag files. In: Lothar Gall (Hrsg.): "... for German history and source research". 150 years of historical commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58286-4 , pp. 79-120.

Web links

Wikisource: German Reichstag files - sources and full texts

(With precise information on the individual volumes.)

Directory of the imperial assemblies and diets of the reign of Maximilian I (1486–1519) by Dietmar Heil and Reinhard Seyboth, Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences PDF
Imperial Diets and Imperial Assemblies under Emperor Charles V (1519–1555), an overview compiled by Silvia Schweinzer, Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences PDF
The Imperial Assemblies 1556–1662. Directory of the days with data and literature by Josef Leeb and Maximilian Lanzinner, Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences PDF
As of the 1997 edition ( Memento from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
The current project managers at the Historical Commission in Munich
http://www.univie.ac.at/Geschichte/htdocs/site/arti.php/90120
http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/phil_Fak_III/Geschichte/Neuere_Geschichte/reichstagakten.html

Footnotes

^ Draft of a plan for the publication of the German Reichstag files and report on the work initiated, in: Historische Zeitschrift, Vol. 2, H. 2 (1859), Supplement: News from the historical commission at the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences. First piece signed by Prof. Hegel, Georg Voigt, Jakob Grimm, Prof. Droysen, Mr. Lappenberg and L. Ranke, pp. 1–61, here pp. 31–36.

[1] Draft of a plan for the publication of the German Reichstag files and report on the work initiated, in: Historische Zeitschrift, Vol. 2, H. 2 (1859), Supplement: News from the historical commission at the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences. First piece signed by Prof. Hegel, Georg Voigt, Jakob Grimm, Prof. Droysen, Mr. Lappenberg and L. Ranke, pp. 1–61, here pp. 31–36.