Germany Archive
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Dark Age Migrations and Subjective Ethnicity: The Example of the Lombards
Posted on December 5, 2012 | No CommentsThis study is an attempt to clarify the functions and structure of the Volker- wanderungen. Peoples or warrior-bands? The basic problem is that small warrior bands as well as big migrations of peoples are characterized in the same way by the classical and early medieval writers: they used tribal names. -
The Emergence of the North
Posted on December 5, 2012 | No CommentsApart from this bipolar system that contrasted North and South, authors writing in the Old Norse-Icelandic language also appear to use the term Norðrlönd within a quadripolar system that held good beyond the immediate region: Norðrlönd, the Vestrlönd (the British Isles), Suðrríki (Germany, the Holy Roman Empire), and Austrríki or Austrvegr (Russia and other lands to the East). -
The Consuetudines canonice of Lund
Posted on December 4, 2012 | No CommentsIn this paper we shall deal with the customs in Lund, the so-called Consuetudines canonice. -
Adventures far from home: Hanseatic trade with the Faroe Islands
Posted on December 3, 2012 | No Commentshe voyage to Iceland, now a major destina- tion, took about four weeks (gardiner & mehler 2007, 403; Krause 2010, 150). The Faroe Islands are situated more or less in the middle of that distance and provided a fine stop-over. The islands were an additional market for their trade business and in case of storms offered a safe and most welcome shelter. -
Origins and Consequences of Canossa: the Evolution of Imperial-Papal Relations through the 11th century
Posted on November 28, 2012 | No CommentsThe relationship between the German monarchs and the Roman papacy in the Middle Ages was an accepted partnership of mutual interests. The theme and scope of this essay is to explore the historical processes that fashioned such interdependence. -
The Geese Book – medieval manuscript now available online
Posted on November 28, 2012 | No CommentsOne of the most interesting manuscripts of the late Middle Ages is now available online - The Geese Book, a lavishly and whimsically illuminated, two-volume liturgical book, can now be accessed through a project from the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. -
Transylvanian Identities in the Middle Ages
Posted on November 25, 2012 | No CommentsIdentity has become a subject of historical exploration as it is also one of the themes examined from the perspectives of various disciplines belonging to the social sciences such as sociology, psychology or anthropology. -
The Knighting of Henry, son of William the Conqueror, in 1086
Posted on November 19, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper was part of SESSION VIII: Power & Politics in the Long Twelfth Century, at the Haskins Conference at Boston College. -
Furor Teutonicus: The View of the ‘Germans’ in Italy during the Reign of Emperor Frederick I, ‘Barbarossa’ (1152-90)
Posted on November 19, 2012 | No Comments“Medieval Europe did not love the Germans. The Italians hated them, the French admitted their courage, but detested their manners, the English were jealous of them, the Slavs both feared and hated them, while the Germans despised and contemned the Slavs.”16 But it is the Italian side I would like to concentrate on in this paper. Further, I do not wish to examine the reasons for the conflicts between 'Germans' and 'Italians' in this era, nor the events surrounding them. I will try to focus strictly on the views that were expressed about Germans in mediaeval Italy in general and during the reign of Frederick Barbarossa in particular. -
Medicine and Health Care in Later Medieval Europe: Hospitals, Public Health, and Minority Medical Practitioners in English and German Cities, 1250-1450
Posted on November 18, 2012 | No CommentsThis interdisciplinary study, written from the standpoint ofan aspiring physician, seeks to contribute to the humanistic dimension of medicine by helping to integrate it further with its past, illuminating the meaning of health and disease in medieval society while adding depth to current thinking about medicine and public health. This study places various aspects ofhealth and disease within the framework of two major topics, religious beliefs and urban social history. -
Lords Ask, Peasants Answer: Making Traditions in Late Medieval German Village Assemblies
Posted on November 12, 2012 | No CommentsThe lord summoned the assembly on traditional dates, often three times a year. On the evening prior to the assembly the lord arrived at the village and received food and lodging from the peasants. -
Shifting Experiences: The Changing Roles of Women in the Italian, Lowland, and German Regions of Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period
Posted on November 12, 2012 | No CommentsSpecifically, the thesis compares and analyzes the changing roles that women could employ economically, politically, socially, and religiously. -
Rome in the imperial idea of the 14th century: The age of emperor Lewis the Bavarian
Posted on November 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe town of Rome has had a huge importance within the medieval world. Besides Jerusalem it has always been seen as one centre place in medieval philosophy. -
“The Softness of Her Sex”: Matilda’s Role in the English Civil War of 1138-1153
Posted on October 29, 2012 | No CommentsThis thesis examines the life of the Empress Matilda (1102-1167), focusing on how factors beyond her control directed much of its course. It discusses her attempts to take control of the political realm in England and the effect this had on her, her supporters, and her kingdom. It also analyzes her later years and influence on her son Henry II. -
The Battle of Tannenberg in 1410: Strategic Interests and Tactical Implementation
Posted on October 12, 2012 | No CommentsOn July 15, 1410 the united Polish-Lithuanian Army destroyed the army of the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Tannenberg. -
The Holy Roman Empire, the Schmalkald League, and the Idea of Confessional Nation-Building
Posted on October 12, 2012 | No CommentsRecent research on nationalism draws a fundamental heuristic distinc- tion between political and cultural nationalism. Scholars define the his- torian’s task as the analysis of political and cultural nationalism in each historic context. -
The status of women in Roman and Frankish law
Posted on October 10, 2012 | No CommentsUnder both Roman and Frankish laws, women, although they did not have judicial equality with men, did have many legal rights and freedoms. -
Hafa nu ond geheald husa selest: Jurisdiction and justice in “Beowulf”
Posted on October 4, 2012 | No CommentsThis coincidence of literary image with legal significance, is as I shall attempt to show in this study, by no means unique in Beowulf. -
Charles IV: Religious Propaganda and Imperial Expansion
Posted on September 23, 2012 | No CommentsThe Bohemian Charles IV (1316 – 1378) was crowned King of Bohemia in 1347, King of the Romans in 1349, and Holy Roman Emperor in 1355. -
Constantius and the Visigothic Settlement in Gaul
Posted on September 21, 2012 | No CommentsThe emperor Honorius made an attempt during his reign to calm the turbulent region of Gaul by assigning one of his generals to the area and appointing him as the head of the regions armies. -
Expressions of Power – Luxury textiles from early medieval northern Europe
Posted on September 17, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper focuses on luxury textiles from archaeological and non-archaeological contexts in north-western Europe. -
Fossa Carolina: The First Attempt to Bridge the Central European Watershed
Posted on September 16, 2012 | No CommentsBeside the intention of Charlemagne to build a continuous waterway network for his extensive travels, there are two more possible reasons for connecting the river systems of Main and Danube. -
Re-forging the smith: an interdisciplinary study of smithing motifs in Völuspá and Völundarkviða
Posted on August 29, 2012 | No CommentsIn this dissertation I examine key smithing motifs in the eddic poems Võluspá and Võlundarkviña in relation to the socio-cultural role of smithing techniques and sites in early medieval Scandinavia. -
Back to School Books! Medieval Education
Posted on August 25, 2012 | No CommentsGet back into the school groove with these books on medieval education! -
Labor Markets After the Black Death: Landlord Collusion and the Imposition of Serfdom in Eastern Europe and the Middle East
Posted on August 19, 2012 | No CommentsThe differences in the imposition of serfdom led to different economic and political effects for the peasantry in Europe. In Western Europe, wages rose, grain prices fell, and the consumption of meat, dairy products, and beer increased. More and more peasants moved into a widening “middle class” that could afford to buy manufactured goods.
