The Würzburg data provides the thus far richest proof that plebeian feuds (Fehden) and their mediation by the state continued well after the practice was banned in the Holy Roman Empire in 1495, as is demonstrated by princely remissions (Landshuldung) or ‘pardons’ for feuding. (1/3)

SOCRESTA explores how ordinary people used violence and the law to settle their disputes, by focusing on the 16th-c Prince-bishopric of Würzburg. This German polity offers a unique window into early modern social relations, state dynamics, and the history of the feud or Fehde.