Author : Franz-Reiner Erkens
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110922665
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Book Synopsis Das frühmittelalterliche Königtum by : Franz-Reiner Erkens
Download or read book Das frühmittelalterliche Königtum written by Franz-Reiner Erkens and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Second World War, the question of the religious character of Germanic kingship was no longer prominent - not least because previously excessively hybrid views had been developed on the existence of a Germanic religious kingship. Now that in the meantime important insights have been gained into the practical exercise of power in the early kingdoms, it is time to enquire again into their ideological and religious foundations. The multiple perspectives developed in these papers lead to new insights which differ distinctly from earlier understandings of the early kingdoms. Above all, weight is added to the doubts about the existence of Germanic religious kingship.