Stanser Verkommnis
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In the Stanser Verkommnis of 1481 the Tagsatzung solved the latent conflict between the rural and urban cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy, averting the breaking of the Confederacy, and triggering i
Niklaus von Flüe counsels Heini Amgrund (top panel), which leads to a compromise resolution in Stans (bottom panel), illustration in the Luzerner Schilling of 1513
Facsimile edition of the treaty in Landesmuseum Zürich
Diebold Schilling the Younger was a Swiss chronicler, priest, notary and soldier. He is best known as the author of the Luzerner Schilling, one of the Swiss illustrated chronicles, which he presented
Stanser Verkommnis
…wake of the Burgundy Wars, among other things due to disagreement over the distribution of spoils which culminated in the Saubannerzug. According to Diebold Schilling the Younger, who was present at the session of the Tagsatzung, the conflict was resolved as on 22 December the pastor of Stans, Heini Amgrund, brought a message…
Self-portrait of Diebold Schilling the Younger in the presentation miniature of the Luzerner Chronik