Format:
1 Online-Ressource (27 Seiten)
ISSN:
0949-0345
,
0949-0345
Content:
Historical research on the complex legal and social roles of medieval mercenary champions hired as proxies to fight in judicial duels has long been dominated by simplistic categorisations and static repetitions of their reputed infamy. Concentrating on account books and statutes of late medieval German and Italian cities, this article seeks, in contrast, to reconstruct the dynamic institutionalisation and control of civic champions. Thereby, their ambiguous perception reveals a complex interplay between marginality, enhancement of their status as legal agents and a latent suspiciousness regarding their peculiar representational role.
Content:
Peer Reviewed
Note:
Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
In:
Das Mittelalter : Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung, Berlin : Akad.-Verl., 19,2014,2, Seiten 380-406, 0949-0345
Language:
German
DOI:
10.1515/mial-2014-0021
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/23421-6
URL:
Volltext
(kostenfrei)
Bookmarklink