UID:
almafu_9960819770302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xv, 364 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
1-80010-633-5
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1-80010-634-3
Inhalt:
The Ottonians were the most powerful monarchs in Europe during the tenth and early eleventh century, exercising hegemony in West Francia, Burgundy, and much of Italy in addition to ruling the German realm. Despite their enormous political and military success, however, the foundations of Ottonian royal power remain highly contested and largely misunderstood, with previous scholarship tending to have considered it as depending upon the ability of the king to shape and harness the power of the nobles. 〈br〉〈br〉This study challenges the dominant historiographical paradigm, rebutting the notion of putative power-sharing between the king and the nobility, which simply did not exist as a legal class in the Ottonian century. Rather, it argues that the foundations of royal power under the Ottonians comprised not only their own enormous wealth, but also their unique authority and ability, through the royal 'bannum' the authority inherent in the office of the king, to make use of the economic resources and labour of the broad free population of the realm, as well as from the Church. In so doing, the Ottonians drew upon and further developed the administrative, institutional, and ideological inheritance of their Carolingian predecessors, in the process creating the dominant polity in tenth-century Europe.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).
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Front Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Economy of Carolingian East Francia and Ottonian Germany -- 2 Material Assets of the Royal Fisc -- 3 Taxes, Tolls, and Other Regalian Rights -- 4 Ecclesiastical Resources at the Ruler's Disposal -- 5 Toward an Analysis of Royal Expenditures: The Iter Regis and the Cost of Defense -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Fiscal Properties held by the Rulers of East Francia and Germany, 887-1106 -- Appendix 2 Fortifications held by the Royal Government during the Reigns of Henry I and Otto I -- Key Terms -- Key Dates -- Bibliography -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Bachrach, David S. The Foundations of Royal Power in Early Medieval Germany Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated,c2022 ISBN 9781783277285
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9781800106338
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