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== First attempts == From 1434 to 1438, at imperial diets in [[Cheb|Eger]] and [[Nuremberg]], the first attempts at Imperial Reform were undertaken, partly on the initiative of Emperor [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]], partly by the [[prince-elector]]s. [[Feud]]s were banned, and discussions were held on a revision of the [[right of coinage|rights of coinage]] and [[right of escort|escort]] ({{lang|de|Geleitrecht}}) and an administrative division of the Empire into [[imperial circle]]s. All the proposals foundered, however, on the opposing interests of emperor and [[imperial prince]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Evans|first1= Robert|last2=Wilson|first2=Peter|date=July 25, 2012|title=The Holy Roman Empire, 1495-1806: A European Perspective|url=https://brill.com/display/title/18769|publisher= Brill|isbn= 978-90-04-22872-6|access-date=May 22, 2023}}</ref> Both parties were striving to create a more workable government of the empire, but they were working in opposite directions. The emperor was interested in strengthening his central control; the princes wanted collegiate, corporate leadership in which they could participate. The journals of the time, including publications like the {{lang|la|[[Reformatio Sigismundi]]}}, show that the educated classes that represented the small [[territorial lordship]]s of the counts and barons ({{lang|de|[[Freiherren]]}}) as well as the [[imperial knight]]s but also the [[imperial cities]] and the smaller ecclesiastical territories supported the emperor having a powerful position, because it offered better protection against the demands of their own lords. The emperor himself, however, who from the time of Sigismund's successor, [[Albert II of Germany|Albert II]], almost always came from the [[House of Habsburg]], used imperial politics generally only if it served to support his own personal base of power at home.
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