Quaternion Eagle

Quaternion Eagle, 1510
The Quaternion Eagle (Quaternionenadler), introduced around 1510 by Hans Burgkmair, was a depiction of the Imperial Estates (Reichsstände) of the Holy Roman Empire, mixing two pre-existing concepts, namely the Imperial Quaternions (Quaternionen der Reichsverfassung) and the Imperial Eagle (Reichsadler).
These depictions were not exhaustive of the Imperial Estates ; in this regard, the composition of the Imperial Diet (Reichstag) is more representative. They also included political actors who had little power in imperial politics. Nevertheless, they provide a useful insight into how the Empire was perceived and thought at the time : a political order increasingly structured in a strict and formal hierarchy in which the Imperial Estates shared power with the Emperor in the governance of the Empire.


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Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars |Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles



Ecclesiastical prince-electors | Secular prince-electors | Margraves | Dukes | Vicars | Landgraves | Burgraves | Counts | Lordships | Knights | Cities | Villages | Peasants | Castles