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In 1497, Konrad Schott von Schottenstein was elected Burgrave of Rothenberg. This castle and land had been sought after for a long time by the city of Nuremberg. With Schott as the Burgrave, Nuremberg could only receive the land if they successfully outmaneuvered Schott both politically and, if necessary, militarily. The tension soon began to rise between Schott and Nuremberg over the issues of land and rights. This tension would finally break in 1498, "provok() furore across Germany".〔Zmora, Hillay. ''State and nobility in early modern Germany: The knightly feud in Franconia, 1440-1567.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, p. 26.〕 There is some speculation that the margrave of Brandenburg helped Schott and Giech set up the feud with Nuremberg. This comes to mind due to earlier tensions between Brandenburg and Nuremberg and the attack on the city of Nuremberg in 1502, in which Christoph von Giech and many nobles aided Brandenburg's attack.〔Ulmschneider, Helgard (ed.). Gotz von Berlichingen: Mein Fehd und Handlung. Sigmaringen, 1981, pp. 66.〕 However, there is no direct link between the feud and Brandenburg, and the attack could well be summed up as an attack of opportunity. ==First Blood== Before the feud began, there was a battle fought between Schott and Christoph von Giech, a fellow knight and Burgrave of Rothenberg, against retainers of Nuremberg. This battle was extremely unclear, as both sides presented different stories on who was involved, where it happened, and who started it. Nuremberg claimed that Hans Herzog, a retainer of the city, was stopped by Christoph von Giech and a group of his men. Upon finding out that Herzog was working for the city, Giech and his men cried, "it is the right one, stab him to death! Stab him to death!" and then proceeded to kill Herzog.〔Müller, Johann Joachim. ''Des Heil. Römischen Reichs Teutscher Nation ReichsTags Theatrum, wie selbiges unter Keyser Maximilians I. allerhöchsten Regierung gestanden, und was auf selbigem in Geist- und Weltlichen Reichs-Händeln Berahtschlage, tractiret und geschlossen worden.'' Jena, 1719, pp. 713.〕 On the same day, some 24 retainers of the city were ambushed by Konrad Schott and a large group of cavalry just outside of the city of Nuremberg. They killed two of the city's men, wounded several others and chased them back into the city. Nuremberg's story had Giech and Schott's attacks as preplanned, with no fault to be had at the city's feet. Nuremberg's account presented Giech and Schott as the instigators of the feud in hopes that the nobles and princes of Germany would aid the city. Giech and Schott claimed that Nuremberg's story was entirely different from the truth. Giech claimed that he and his men were recruited to serve a prince and were on their way to see him. Near Eschenau, they were attacked by Nuremberg Hetzrüden (literally translated to staghounds) who were yelling, "stab them to death! It is the right ones"〔von Giech, Christoph (1499-1500): StAN, Bb, no. 45, passim;''Verhandlungen zwischen der Stadt Nürenberg und der fränkischen ritterschaft wegen Christoph von Giech und Contz Schott''. Nuremberg, 1500.〕 (as cited in Zmora,1997). Giech and his men successfully beat off the attack, and killed several Nuremberg men. No mention was made of Hans Herzog in Giech's letter, which Nuremberg would use to claim that Giech's statement was false.〔Lochner, Georg Wolfgang Karl. ''Das deutsche Mittelalter In Den Wesentlichsten Zeugnissen Seiner Geschichtlichen Urkunden, Chroniken U. RechtsdenKmäler''. Bauer u. Raspe, 1851. pp. 306.〕 Giech and Schott also made it clear that it was one battle, unlike Nuremberg who claimed it was two separate battles. By having the battle happen in one stage, Schott and Giech would be able to claim that the fighting had not been planned out before hand by their side and therefore must have been planned by the city. Both sides attempted to charge the other with starting the feud in order to gather more sympathy from the princes and nobles who had power in the Holy Roman Empire. Neither story matched the events, as Schott's raid and the death of Herzog were not mentioned by Giech, and Nuremberg did not mention an attack on Giech. Each story would rally different parts of the Holy Roman Empire to the factions' standards, causing the significance of the feud to rise. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nuremberg v. Konrad Schott von Schottenstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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