This article reviews six essay collections and one monograph on late medieval and early modern political culture in the Holy Roman Empire. Following a general survey of historiographical trends and a discussion of the specific contributions of the works under review (covering topics from international relations, state formation and the role of language to representative assemblies and the exercise of power in towns and villages), it attempts a preliminary sketch of the basic parameters of pre-modern politics. Prominent insights include shifts in the balance between oral, ritual and written communication, the significance of informal bonds and the negotiated quality of developments at all levels of government. The conclusion assesses the potential of the ‘new’ political history and calls for renewed efforts to link discourses, representations and perceptions to the norms, structures and socio-economic conditions with which they interacted. \ud\ud
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机译：本文回顾了六篇论文集和一本有关神圣罗马帝国中世纪晚期和早期现代政治文化的专着。在对史学趋势进行了全面调查并讨论了所审查作品的具体贡献之后（从国际关系，国家形成和语言对代议制议会的作用以及城镇和乡村的权力行使中探讨了话题），前现代政治基本参数的初步草图。突出的见解包括口头，仪式和书面交流之间的平衡转变，非正式联系的重要性以及各级政府的谈判发展质量。该结论评估了“新”政治历史的潜力，并呼吁人们作出新的努力，以将话语，表述和看法与它们相互作用的规范，结构和社会经济条件联系起来。 \ ud \ ud
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