The appointment of two bishops to the Constance cathedra, political power struggles in which church dignitaries were also embroiled, and ever-increasing debts shaped the history of the Bishopric of Constance at the turn of the fifteenth century in various ways. The lives of the bishops vividly reveal how individual office holders dealt with these challenges.

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Sabine Arend, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany.