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Book Synopsis The Foundations of Royal Power in Early Medieval Germany by : David S. Bachrach
Download or read book The Foundations of Royal Power in Early Medieval Germany written by David S. Bachrach and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative interrogation of how the Ottonian kingdom grew and flourished, focussing on the resources required.
Book Synopsis Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, C.936-1075 by : John W. Bernhardt
Download or read book Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, C.936-1075 written by John W. Bernhardt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-22 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how monasteries provided crucial economic and political support to itinerant monarchs in medieval Germany.
Book Synopsis Early Medieval Germany by : Josef Fleckenstein
Download or read book Early Medieval Germany written by Josef Fleckenstein and published by North-Holland. This book was released on 1978 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony by : Sarah Greer
Download or read book Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony written by Sarah Greer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early medieval world, the way people remembered the past changed how they saw the present. New accounts of former leaders and their deeds could strengthen their successors, establish novel claims to power, or criticize the current ruler. After 888, when the Carolingian Empire fractured into the smaller kingdoms of medieval western Europe, memory became a vital tool for those seeking to claim royal power for themselves. Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony looks at how the past was evoked for political purposes under a new Saxon dynasty, the Ottonians, who came to dominate post-Carolingian Europe as the rulers of a new empire in Germany and Italy. With the accession of the first Ottonian king, Henry I, in 919, sites commemorating the king's family came to the foreground of the medieval German kingdom. The most remarkable of these were two convents of monastic women, Gandersheim and Quedlinburg, whose prominence and prestige in Ottonian politics have been seen as exceptional in the history of early medieval western Europe. In this volume, Sarah Greer offers a fresh interpretation of how these convents became central sites in the new Ottonian empire by revealing how the women in these communities themselves were skilful political actors who were more than capable of manipulating memory for their own benefit. In this first major study in English of how these Saxon convents functioned as memorial centres, Greer presents a new vision of the first German dynasty, one characterized by contingency, versatility, and the power of the past.
Book Synopsis Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany by : John William Bernhardt
Download or read book Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany written by John William Bernhardt and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ottonian Queenship by : Simon MacLean
Download or read book Ottonian Queenship written by Simon MacLean and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major study in English of the queens of the Ottonian dynasty (919-1024). The Ottonians were a family from Saxony who are often regarded as the founders of the medieval German kingdom. They were the most successful of all the dynasties to emerge from the wreckage of the pan-European Carolingian Empire after it disintegrated in 888, ruling as kings and emperors in Germany and Italy and exerting indirect hegemony in France and in Eastern Europe. It has long been noted by historians that Ottonian queens were peculiarly powerful - indeed, among the most powerful of the entire Middle Ages. Their reputations, particularly those of the empresses Theophanu (d.991) and Adelheid (d.999) have been commemorated for a thousand years in art, literature, and opera. But while the exceptional status of the Ottonian queens is well appreciated, it has not been fully explained. Ottonian Queenship offers an original interpretation of Ottonian queenship through a study of the sources for the dynasty's six queens, and seeks to explain it as a phenomenon with a beginning, middle, and end. The argument is that Ottonian queenship has to be understood as a feature in a broader historical landscape, and that its history is intimately connected with the unfolding story of the royal dynasty as a whole. Simon MacLean therefore interprets the spectacular status of Ottonian royal women not as a matter of extraordinary individual personalities, but as a distinctive product of the post-Carolingian era in which the certainties of the ninth century were breaking down amidst overlapping struggles for elite family power, royal legitimacy, and territory. Queenship provides a thread which takes us through the complicated story of a crucial century in Europe's creation, and helps explain how new ideas of order were constructed from the debris of the past.
Book Synopsis Medieval Germany, 500–1300 by : Benjamin Arnold
Download or read book Medieval Germany, 500–1300 written by Benjamin Arnold and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1997-06-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Germany, 500-1300 is an interpretation of the foundation of Germany based upon the three most outstanding characteristics of the medieval polity: its division into several distinct peoples with their own customs, dialects, and economic interests from whom the later 'Germans' would be drawn; the imperial ambitions to which the successive German dynasties aspired; and the structure of German kingship, which was a military, religious, and juridical exercise of authority rather than a meticulous administration based upon scribal institutions.
Book Synopsis Representations of Power in Medieval Germany 800-1500 by : Björn K. U. Weiler
Download or read book Representations of Power in Medieval Germany 800-1500 written by Björn K. U. Weiler and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a group of leading experts on the political history of Germany and the medieval empire from the Carolingian period to the end of the Middle Ages. Its purpose is to introduce and analyse key concepts in the study of medieval political culture. The representation of power by means of texts, buildings and images is a theme which has long interested historians. However, recent debates and methodological insights have fundamentally altered the way this subject is perceived, opening it up to perspectives unnoticed by its pioneers in the middle of the twentieth century. By taking account of these debates and insights, this volume explores a series of fundamental questions. How was power defined in a medieval context? How was it claimed, legitimized and disputed? What were the moral parameters against which its exercise was judged? How did different spheres of political power interact? What roles were played by texts, images and rituals in the maintenance of, and challenges to, the political order? The contributors bring varied and original approaches to these and other questions, illuminating the complex power relationships which determined the changing political history of medieval Germany.
Book Synopsis Germany in the High Middle Ages by : Horst Fuhrmann
Download or read book Germany in the High Middle Ages written by Horst Fuhrmann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-10-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and explains the conditions and changes happening in Germany from 1050-1200.
Book Synopsis Power and Property in Medieval Germany by : Benjamin Arnold
Download or read book Power and Property in Medieval Germany written by Benjamin Arnold and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Power and Property in Medieval Germany', Professor Arnold looks at the problems posed by power and property in a medieval society, in this case the German kingdom. He explains the ongoing social and economic relationships between classes and institutions, peasants and lords, the royal court, towns and townsfolk, and the Church and aristocracy.
Book Synopsis Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany by : David S. Bachrach
Download or read book Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany written by David S. Bachrach and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2014 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of half a century, the first two kings of the Saxon dynasty, Henry I (919-936) and Otto I (936-973), waged war across the length and breadth of Europe. Ottonian armies campaigned from the banks of the Oder in the east to the Seine in the west, and from the shores of the Baltic Sea in the north, to the Adriatic and Mediterranean in the south. In the course of scores of military operations, accompanied by diligent diplomatic efforts, Henry and Otto recreated the empire of Charlemagne, and established themselves as the hegemonic rulers in Western Europe. This book shows how Henry I and Otto I achieved this remarkable feat, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the organization, training, morale, tactics, and strategy of Ottonian armies over a long half century. Drawing on a vast array of sources, including exceptionally important information developed through archaeological excavations, it demonstrates that the Ottonian kings commanded very large armies in military operations that focused primarily on the capture of fortifications, including many fortress cities of Roman origin. This long-term military success shows that Henry I and Otto I, building upon the inheritance of their Carolingian predecessors, and ultimately that of the late Roman empire, possessed an extensive and well-organized administration, and indeed, bureaucracy, which mobilized the resources that were necessary for the successful conduct of war. David S. Bachrach is Associate Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire.
Book Synopsis Churches and Social Power in Early Medieval Europe by : José C. Sánchez-Pardo
Download or read book Churches and Social Power in Early Medieval Europe written by José C. Sánchez-Pardo and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local churches were an established part of many towns and villages across early medieval Western Europe, and their continued presence make them an invaluable marker for comparing different societies. Up to now, however, the dynamics of power behind church building and the importance of their presence within the landscape have largely been neglected. This book takes a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to the study of early medieval churches, drawing together archaeology, history, architecture, and landscape studies in order to explore the relationship between church foundation, social power, and political organization across Europe. Key subjects addressed here include the role played by local elites and the importance of the church in buttressing authority, as well as the connections between archaeology and ideology, and the importance of individual church buildings in their broader landscape contexts. Bringing together case-studies from diverse regions across Western Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, the British Isles, Denmark, and Iceland), the seventeen contributions to this volume offer new insights into the relationships between church foundations, social power, and political organization. In doing so, they provide a means to better understand social power in the landscape of early medieval Europe.
Book Synopsis Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe by : Jonathan R. Lyon
Download or read book Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe written by Jonathan R. Lyon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was an "advocate" (Latin: advocatus; German: Vogt) in the middle ages? What responsibilities came with the position and how did they change over time? With this ground-breaking study, Jonathan R. Lyon challenges the standard narrative of a "medieval" Europe of feudalism and lordship being replaced by a "modern" Europe of government, bureaucracy and the state. By focusing on the position of advocate, he argues for continuity in corrupt practices of justice and protection between 750 and 1800. This book traces the development of the role of church advocate from the Carolingian Period onwards and explains why this position became associated with the violent abuse of power on churches' estates. When other types of advocates became common in and around Germany after 1250, including territorial and urban advocates, they were not officeholders in developing bureaucracies. Instead, they used similar practices to church advocates to profit illicitly from their positions, calling into question scholarly arguments about the decline of violent lordship and the rise of governmental accountability in European history.
Book Synopsis Medieval Germany and Its Neighbours, 900-1250 by : Karl Leyser
Download or read book Medieval Germany and Its Neighbours, 900-1250 written by Karl Leyser and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1982-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inner workings of early medieval societies cannot be understood without also studying their links - religious, cultural, economic and political - with their neighbours. In this collection Karl Leyser shows how Ottonian and Salian Germany both influenced and was influenced by the societies with which it came into contact. While the author's central interest is in Germany, his work is of value for the study of medieval European society as a whole.
Book Synopsis Germany in the High Middle Ages by : Horst Fuhrmann
Download or read book Germany in the High Middle Ages written by Horst Fuhrmann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-10-09 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Germany in the High Middle Ages opens with a wide-ranging and yet detailed description of the conditions under which men lived and their attitudes of mind during the period 1050-1200: against this background it proceeds to analyse the fundamental political, social, economic and cultural changes of the period in central Europe. Professor Fuhrmann considers the social transformation brought about by the emergence of new classes such as ministeriales and burghers, and examines the intellectual renewal reflected in the rise of scholasticism and the foundation of the universities. He also describes the gradual erosion of the power of the German rulers, which led to the Empire losing its position as the leading power in Europe, and yet was accompanied, by a last flowering under the Staufen emperors amid the chivalric culture with which they were closely associated. Throughout the book these changes are contrasted with contemporary developments elsewhere in Europe, especially in France, England and Italy.
Author :Benjamin Arnold Publisher :University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection ISBN 13 : Total Pages :240 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Count and Bishop in Medieval Germany by : Benjamin Arnold
Download or read book Count and Bishop in Medieval Germany written by Benjamin Arnold and published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection. This book was released on 1991 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is this a story for lovers of flying, space buffs, or businessmen? The answer, of course, is all of the above. This is a unique look at a man who has really led several lives. Ultimately, the most interesting is his presidency of Eastern Airlines. Focuses on the Eichstatt district to explore how a long succession of bishops survived the threat of their secular rivals for regional power, the counts. Showing how the rulers maintained their control over people and resources, argues that the fragmentation of Germany in this period was the result of ordered social and legal processes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis The Shaping of German Identity by : Len Scales
Download or read book The Shaping of German Identity written by Len Scales and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German identity began to take shape in the late Middle Ages during a period of political weakness and fragmentation for the Holy Roman Empire, the monarchy under which most Germans lived. Between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, the idea that there existed a single German people, with its own lands, language and character, became increasingly widespread, as was expressed in written works of the period. This book - the first on its subject in any language - poses a challenge to some dominant assumptions of current historical scholarship: that early European nation-making inevitably took place within the developing structures of the institutional state; and that, in the absence of such structural growth, the idea of a German nation was uniquely, radically and fatally retarded. In recounting the formation of German identity in the late Middle Ages, this book offers an important new perspective both on German history and on European nation-making.
