At the Imperial Diet of Augsburg in 1518, the focus of the ailing Emperor Maximilian I was getting his grandson Karl elected as King of the Romans. However, the apparent success of his negotiations with the princes proved to be illusory. Papal hopes for a Turkish campaign were disappointed, as were expectations of reforming imperial jurisdiction and tackling widespread lawlessness.

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Dietmar Heil , Historical Commision, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich, Germany.