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England and Germany in the High Middle Ages

Title: England and Germany in the High Middle Ages / edited by Alfred Haverkamp and Hanna Vollrath.
Publication: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Description

ix, 389 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

This collection of essays examines the similarities and differences between medieval England and Germany at a period of great change in almost all areas of life. It asks a number of fundamental questions which highlight the foundations of a rich common European heritage. What was it that made life in the twelfth century more varied, less peaceful, and less secure than before?
How can the parallel developments, changes, and transformations that took place in Latin Europe in the High Middle Ages be related to each other? What answers were found to the challenges of the age in England and Germany?

Series Statement

Studies of the German Historical Institute London

Uniform Title

Studies of the German Historical Institute London.

Subject

Note

Essays derived from the conference "Germany and England in the High Middle Ages, a Comparative Approach", which took place in 1987.
Includes index.

Contents

Introduction / Hanna Vollrath, J. O. Prestwich and Karl J. Leyser -- 1. Lay Literacy in England, 1100-1300 / Nicholas Orme -- 2. Who Could Read and Write in the Middle Ages? / Alfred Wendehorst -- 3. Ideal and Reality in Twelfth-Century Germany / Hanna Vollrath -- 4. England in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / David A. Carpenter -- 5. Money and Mercenaries in English Medieval Armies / Michael Prestwich -- 6. Obligatory Military Service and the Use of Mercenaries in Imperial Military Campaigns under the Hohenstaufen Emperors / Karl-Friedrich Krieger -- 7. The Jews in Medieval England, 1066-1290 / Paul R. Hyams -- 8. The Relationship between the Jews of Germany and the King (11th-14th centuries). A European Comparison / Alexander Patschovsky -- 9. Preaching the Crusade in Wales / Peter W. Edbury -- 10. Kingship and Crusade in Twelfth-Century Germany / Rudolf Hiestand -- 11. English Towns / Susan Reynolds --
12. Aspects of Urban Social History in Salian and Staufen Germany / Hermann Jakobs -- 13. Lords, Peasants, and the Development of the Manor: England, 900-1280 / Christopher Dyer -- 14. The Decline of the Classic Manor in Germany during the High Middle Ages / Werner Rosener -- 15. Some Observations on Social Mobility in England between the Norman Conquest and the Early Thirteenth Century / John Gillingham -- 16. Forms of Social Mobility: The Example of Zensualitat / Michael Matheus.

ISBN

0199205043

LCCN

95025868

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Columbia University Libraries