the above reason for which the city lost its freedom, what do you mean by that term?
It is the loss of immediacy, the status of persons not subject to local lords but only to a higher authority directly, such as the Holy Roman Emperor.
Mediatisation
is the loss of immediacy, the status of persons not subject to local lords but only to a higher authority directly, such as the Holy Roman Emperor.
where did battle of winterthur take place? Winterthur when did the war break out? 1799 who took part in it? Army of the Danube and the Habsburg army can you name any leader of this war? André Masséna from where does he belong? Nice what was his role in the mentioned war? He commanded of both the Army of Helvetia and the Army of the Danube. who is behind the formation of this second group of army? The French Directory any particular reason behind its formation? To undermine Habsburg influence in the Holy Roman Empire, and, conversely, to strengthen French hegemony in central Europe after the wars of the First Coalition and the Treaty of Campo Formio. which battle did it take part in other than the former one? The Battle of Ostrach when was it fought? 20–23 March 1799 who was it fought against? Pfullendorf and Ostrach where is the former one located? North of Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany is it a free city? No, it lost its freedom in the course of the mediatisation. what is its culture? UNANSWERABLE
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Mediatisation [SEP] Introduction
In politics and law, mediatisation () is the loss of immediacy, the status of persons not subject to local lords but only to a higher authority directly, such as the Holy Roman Emperor. In a feudal context, it is the introduction of an intervening level of authority between a lord and his vassal so that the former is no longer the "immediate" lord of the latter, but rather his lordship is mediated by another. Although the process had been going on since the Middle Ages, the term "mediatisation" was originally applied to the reorganisation of the German states during the early 19th century.