Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony : Writing and Rewriting the Past at Gandersheim and Quedlinburg
Commemorating Power looks at how the past was evoked for political purposes under a new Saxon dynasty, the Ottonians, who came to dominate post-Carolingian Europe after 888 as the rulers of a new empire in Germany and Italy, focusing on two convents of monastic women who played a significant role in...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO,
2021
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Studies in German History Ser.
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| Schlagworte: | Women and literature Monasticism and religious orders for women Literature, Medieval Memorialization Monasticism and religious orders for women-Germany-History Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Commemorating Power looks at how the past was evoked for political purposes under a new Saxon dynasty, the Ottonians, who came to dominate post-Carolingian Europe after 888 as the rulers of a new empire in Germany and Italy, focusing on two convents of monastic women who played a significant role in Ottonian politics. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (221 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780192590411 0192590413 9780198850137 0198850131 |