{"product_id":"princes-and-territories-in-medieval-germany-hardback-9780521390859","title":"Princes and Territories in Medieval Germany (Hardback) 9780521390859","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrinces and Territories in Medieval Germany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA powerful analysis of regional power, filling a major gap in English language writing on medieval Germany.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Arnold (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521390859, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 July 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Crown and Prince: 1. German regal institutions and the princely order in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries\u003cbr\u003e 2. The crown, its rights, and the princes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Was there a 'rise of territorial lordship'?\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Princely Title and Office: 4. The imperial house\u003cbr\u003e German bishops and abbots\u003cbr\u003e 5. Dukes and duchies\u003cbr\u003e 6. Counts and the transformation of countries\u003cbr\u003e 7. Margraves, counts-palatine, burgraves, and landgraves\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Dynasties, Prelates, and Territorial Dominion: 8. From consanguinity to dynasty?\u003cbr\u003e 9. Material foundations: colonization, forest, towns, and communications\u003cbr\u003e 10. The reform of regional jurisdictions in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries\u003cbr\u003e 11. The anatomy and nomenclature of princely dominion, 1150–1330\u003cbr\u003e 12. Feuds, inheritance, and partition\u003cbr\u003e 13. Region and territory: effects and outcome\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007216865560,"sku":"9780521390859","price":76.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521390859i_8bf135a3-e484-4b77-b72f-c376b78d61ef.jpg?v=1691376256","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/princes-and-territories-in-medieval-germany-hardback-9780521390859","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}