This book addresses the most important question in pre-modern German political history: why did a multiplicity of states and territories emerge by the end of the Middle Ages instead of an incipient 'nation state' under the crown? The answer is found not in the supposed failures of German kingship, but instead in the creative aristocratic successes of the secular dynasties and princes of the Church. We see how their collective efforts in the centuries after 1050 added up to a more markedly territorial structure of regional power, already emerging by the thirteenth century as a result of their endeavours in the economy, internal and external colonization, and the establishment of new castles, towns, monasteries and communications; in local, ecclesiastical and imperial law, and the jurisdictional reform which they imposed in their regions; and in the uses of dynastic politics, including feuds as well as alliances, inheritance and partition.
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This book aims to provide a comprehensive answer to the most important question in pre-modern German political history, namely, why did a multiplicity of states and territories emerge by the end of the Middle Ages instead of an incipient 'nation state' under the crown?
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Good academic work on Medieval German political theory.,
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This is a good book for the specialist, but is not something that you would find browsing the aisles of a Borders or B & N. The author traces the development of German legal concepts and their applications in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire. It is very academic, but definitely readable and enjoyable for readers who approach it with some context. I have a strong interest in *late* medieval German history, and this scratched that itch.
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Ok, not totally what I expected,
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I was expecting each territory and the princes to be cover as independent chapters leading up to when they were incorporated into the empire. More of a reference book.
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medieval nobility, Ausgewählte Aufsätze, regional magistracies, dynastic counties, regional magistracy, patrilinear dynasties, ecclesiastical advocacies, ecclesiastical advocacy, monastic advocacies, imperial ministeriales, regal institutions, palatine title, comital jurisdiction, domini terrae, comital dynasties, privilegium minus, aristocratic kindreds, dynastic possessions, secular neighbours, princely order, territorial lordship, princely dominion, forest jurisdiction, royal fisc, territorial dominion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Frederick Barbarossa, Henry the Lion, Ein Beitrag, Duke Frederick, Bishop Otto of Freising, Otto the Great, Gislebert of Mons, Sachsenspiegel Landrecht, Duke Otto, Lower Lotharingia, Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts, Count Gebhard, German Church, Middle Ages, Henry the Proud, Die Zeit, Eike von Repgow, Rheinisches Archiv, Monumenta Wittelsbacensia, German Empire, War of Investitures, Geschichte des Mittelalters, Die Entstehung, Duke Welf, East Frankish Browse Sample Pages:
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medieval nobility, Ausgewählte Aufsätze, regional magistracies, dynastic counties, regional magistracy, patrilinear dynasties, ecclesiastical advocacies, ecclesiastical advocacy, monastic advocacies, imperial ministeriales, regal institutions, palatine title, comital jurisdiction, domini terrae, comital dynasties, privilegium minus, aristocratic kindreds, dynastic possessions, secular neighbours, princely order, territorial lordship, princely dominion, forest jurisdiction, royal fisc, territorial dominion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Frederick Barbarossa, Henry the Lion, Ein Beitrag, Duke Frederick, Bishop Otto of Freising, Otto the Great, Gislebert of Mons, Sachsenspiegel Landrecht, Duke Otto, Lower Lotharingia, Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts, Count Gebhard, German Church, Middle Ages, Henry the Proud, Die Zeit, Eike von Repgow, Rheinisches Archiv, Monumenta Wittelsbacensia, German Empire, War of Investitures, Geschichte des Mittelalters, Die Entstehung, Duke Welf, East Frankish Browse Sample Pages:
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