Imperial Reform

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Painting by Albrecht Dürer

Berthold von Henneberg (died 1504), epitaph.

Two important initiators of the Reform

Imperial Reform (Latin: Reformatio imperii, German: Reichsreform) is the name given to repeated attempts in the 15th and 16th centuries to adapt the structure and the constitutional order (Verfassungsordnung) of the Holy Roman Empire to the requirements of the early modern state and to give it a unified government under either the Imperial Estates or the emperor's supremacy.