The current volume continues Hans Goetting's 1984 volume on the Hildesheimer bishops (GS NF 20). The work covers the bishops from Conrad II, who was the last to work at empire level, to Gerhard von Schalksberge, whose long reign from 1365 to 1398 stabilized the diocese. In this period, the convent in Hildesheim was built and structured, and numerous conflicts with the local powers took place, especially with the Guelphic Dukes of Braunschweig-Luneburg.