Regesten Kaiser Friedrichs III. Heft 22 (1464-1469)

The volume presents summaries (Regesten) of letters and charters issued by Emperor Frederick III between 1464 and 1469 from the State Archives (Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv) in Vienna and continues the already published three volumes drawn from these Archives. It is the 22nd volume from the project "Regesten Kaiser Friedrichs III (1440 - 1493) supported by the Austrian Academy of Science and the German Academy of Science and Literature in Mainz. The introduction contains a general view of the summaries, statistical data and some reflections on the chancery of Frederick III. Apart from that an index of the charters, a booklist and a detailed index of names and places allow easy access to the reviewed material. Numerous charters between 1464 and 1469 indicate the politics of the Emperor as a regional sovereign (Landesherr), in the "daily" legal proceedings of a late medieval sovereign and the enforcement of his resolutions. The pledgings, enfeoffments and other promotions also give clues to the Emperors personal surrounding, his partisans and opponents. They also display the efforts to restructure the administration of the imperial properties and revenues. Further the imperial politics against Swiss Confederation are evident, especially in context with Fredericks cousin, duke Sigismund of Austria. The continuous differences at last resulted in the proscription of the Confederation in 1469. Of great importance to his imperial political activities ("Reichsreform") are also the - mainly pontifical - attempts concerning the organisation of a crusade against the Ottoman imperium. Apart from that the volume contains a lot of imperial citations or certifications of judicial decisions, which Frederick III issued within the scope of great and long during litigations and trials. These documents are of great interest for the late medieval adminnistration of justice. The great number of unknown charters and letters of political, legal, social and economic interest provide a basis for further scientific works and offer new source material for historical investigation.