Kings, Politics, and the Right Order of the World in German Historiography C. 950-1150

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12468-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 103, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 939 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions

This volume discusses German historiography from the c. 950 to 1150 through a close examination of six works. In contrast to most earlier scholarship, it focuses on the narrative as an expression of the authors' way of finding meaning in the sequence of events, and as evidence for their understanding of society, politics, and human behaviour. In particular, it is shown that changing attitudes to society are reflected in the different ways the narrative is organized and individuals and their actions are represented. While the earlier works depict a society based on face-to-face relationships, the idea of an organised community, governed by the king as God's representative, becomes increasingly prominent in the later ones. Finally, the results of the analysis are discussed against the background of more general trends in medieval political and intellectual history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bagge, Sverre

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations
Preface

Introduction

1. Widukind of Corvey, Res gestae Saxonicae
2. Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon
3. Wipo, Gesta Chuonradi
4. Lampert of Hersfeld, Annales
5. Vita Heinrici IV
6. Otto of Freising, Gesta Frederici

Conclusion: From Germanic Chieftain to Christian Rex Iustus

Sources
Literature
Index of Names and Places
Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Sverre Bagge, Ph.D. (1980) in History, University of Bergen, is Professor of History at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has published on medieval political and intellectual history, including Society and Politics in Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla (The University of California Press, 1991).