The Falkensteins : losers and winners in Medieval Bavaria / by John B. Freed.
2023
KK294.H62 .F74 2023 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
The Falkensteins : losers and winners in Medieval Bavaria / by John B. Freed.
Imprint
Stuttgart : Hiersemann, 2023.
Description
519 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Series
Monographien zur Geschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 72.
Formatted Contents Note
The Welf century
The 'Codex Falkensteinensis'
Ancestors : Imagined and real
Forebears
The patriarch
Lords, vassals, friends, and unfree retainers
The agricultural foundation
The end of the dynasty
Conclusion
Genealogies.
The 'Codex Falkensteinensis'
Ancestors : Imagined and real
Forebears
The patriarch
Lords, vassals, friends, and unfree retainers
The agricultural foundation
The end of the dynasty
Conclusion
Genealogies.
Summary
"The 'Codex Falkensteinensis' is the oldest extant medieval family archive. Count Sigiboto IV of Falkenstein commissioned the codex before joining in 1166 Frederick Barbarossa's fourth Italian expedition and continued it after his return. It contains the earliest family portrait, the only book of conveyances ('Traditionsbuch') from a secular lordship, the oldest accounts from the estate of a German lay lord, and the infamous "murder letter." It has been used to study agricultural, legal, and family history, but it has never been treated as a whole. Much of the analysis hinges on the placement of entries in the manuscript. The book explains why the Wittelsbachs were able to eliminate their erstwhile peers and consolidate their power."-- taken from publisher web site.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-504) and index.
Call Number
KK294.H62 .F74 2023
Language
English
ISBN
9783777223056 (cloth)
3777223050 (cloth)
3777223050 (cloth)
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