How Medieval Europe was Ruled
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How Medieval Europe was Ruled

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How Medieval Europe was Ruled

About this book

The vast majority of studies on rulership in medieval Europe focus on one kingdom; one type of rule; or one type of ruler. This volume attempts to break that mold and demonstrate the breadth of medieval Europe and the various kinds of rulership within it.

How Medieval Europe was Ruled aims to demonstrate the multiplicity of types of rulers and polities that existed in medieval Europe. The contributors discuss not just kings or queens, but countesses, dukes, and town leadership. We see that rulers worked collaboratively with one another both across political boundaries and within their own borders in ways that are not evident in most current studies of kingship, inhibited by too narrow a focus. The volume also covers the breadth of medieval Europe from Scandinavia in the north to the Italian peninsula in the south, Iberia and the Anglo-Normans in the west to Rus, Byzantium and the Khazars in the east.

This book is geared towards a wide audience and thus provides a broad base of understanding via a clear explanation of concepts of rule in each of the areas that is covered. The book can be utilized in the classroom, to enhance the presentation of a medieval Europe survey or to discuss rulership more specifically for a region or all of Europe. Beyond the classroom, the book is accessible to all scholars who are interested in continuing to learn and expand their horizons.

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Yes, you can access How Medieval Europe was Ruled by Christian Raffensperger in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & World History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032100166
eBook ISBN
9781000935585
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. 1 Reimagining Medieval Rulership in the Twenty-First Century
  8. 2 Dying by the Sword: The Many Faces of Rulership in Christian Iberia a Thousand Years Ago
  9. 3 The Rise of Administrative Queenship in the Anglo-Norman Realm?
  10. 4 Khazaria: The Exception Which Proves the Rules
  11. 5 Nobility, Loyalty and Dynasty in Medieval Bosnia
  12. 6 “Self-Governance at the King’s Command”: Towns and Their Sovereign in Medieval Hungary
  13. 7 The Governance of Medieval Poland
  14. 8 Governing the Byzantine Empire: Politics and Administration, ca. 850–1204
  15. 9 Governing the Latin East: Jerusalem from 1099 to 1174
  16. 10 How Popes Governed Christendom?
  17. 11 The Governance of High Medieval Norway (c. 1100–1350)
  18. 12 Kyivan Rus: A Complicated Kingdom
  19. 13 The Princes and the King in Medieval Germany, ca. 1125–1350
  20. 14 How Early Medieval Italy was Ruled: Land and Power
  21. 15 Rulership and Governance of Medieval Bulgaria: Seventh to Fifteenth Centuries
  22. Index