The construction of Ottonian kingship : narratives and myth in tenth-century Germany
German historians long assumed that the German Kingdom was created with Henry the Fowler's coronation in 919. The reigns of both Henry the Fowler, and his son Otto the Great, were studied and researched mainly through Widukind of Corvey's chronicle Res Gestae Saxonicae. There was one sourc...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,
[2018]
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Intellectual and political history
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Intellectual and political history |
| Schlagworte: | Liudolfinger Deutschland König Geschichtsschreibung Geschichte 936-1002 Liutprand Mythos Rezeption Geschichte |
| Umfang: | 294 Seiten |
| Zusammenfassung: | German historians long assumed that the German Kingdom was created with Henry the Fowler's coronation in 919. The reigns of both Henry the Fowler, and his son Otto the Great, were studied and researched mainly through Widukind of Corvey's chronicle Res Gestae Saxonicae. There was one source on Ottonian times that was curiously absent from most of the serious research: Liudprand of Cremona's Antapodosis. The study of this chronicle leads to a reappraisal of the tenth century in Western Europe showing how mythology of the dynasty was constructed. By looking at the later reception (through later Middle Ages and then on 19th and 20th century historiography) the author showcases the longevity of Ottonian myths and the ideological expressions of the tenth century storytellers |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [243] - 287 |
| Beschreibung: | 294 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9789462987234 9462987238 9789048538737 9048538734 |