{"product_id":"the-shaping-of-german-identity-authority-and-crisis-1245-1414-paperback-9781107460348","title":"The Shaping of German Identity; Authority and Crisis, 1245–1414 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107460348","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Shaping of German Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAuthority and Crisis, 1245–1414\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGerman identity, a key force in history, took shape during the late Middle Ages. This book explains how and why.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLen Scales (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107460348, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 July 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e636 pages, 4 maps  1 table\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 3.3 cm, 0.93 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Scales has brought together an immense amount of material dealing with the topic of German identity in the later medieval period … this volume will be valuable to specialists and graduate students.' David S. Bachrach, Austrian History Yearbook\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGerman identity began to take shape in the late Middle Ages during a period of political weakness and fragmentation for the Holy Roman Empire, the monarchy under which most Germans lived. Between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, the idea that there existed a single German people, with its own lands, language and character, became increasingly widespread, as was expressed in written works of the period. This book - the first on its subject in any language - poses a challenge to some dominant assumptions of current historical scholarship: that early European nation-making inevitably took place within the developing structures of the institutional state; and that, in the absence of such structural growth, the idea of a German nation was uniquely, radically and fatally retarded. In recounting the formation of German identity in the late Middle Ages, this book offers an important new perspective both on German history and on European nation-making.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: German questions\u003cbr\u003e 1. Modern history: inventing the medieval German nation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ruled out: monarchy, government and 'state' in Germany\u003cbr\u003e 3. Realm of imagination: communicating power after the Hohenstaufen\u003cbr\u003e 4. Shades of a kingdom: in search of a German political community\u003cbr\u003e 5. The matter of Rome: universalising political identities\u003cbr\u003e 6. Roman empire, German nation: the German imperial tradition\u003cbr\u003e 7. Trojans, Giants and other Germans: peoplehoods forgotten, remembered and relocated\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rome's Barbarians: accounting for the Germans\u003cbr\u003e 9. East: applying identities\u003cbr\u003e 10. Being German (I): place and name\u003cbr\u003e 11. Being German (II): language and locality\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: endings and beginnings\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], 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":45909202043160,"sku":"9781107460348","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107460348i.jpg?v=1696754475","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-shaping-of-german-identity-authority-and-crisis-1245-1414-paperback-9781107460348","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}