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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Course of History: Exchange and Conflicts
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 484

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Course of History: Exchange and Conflicts

Das Verhältnis zwischen Judentum, Christentum und Islam unterlag im Laufe der Geschichte vielfältigen Veränderungen. Welche Konflikte gab es, welche Phasen und Formen von Austausch und Kooperation standen dem gegenüber? Der Band ist das Ergebnis einer Tagung aus dem Jahr 2009. Wissenschaftler aus sechs Ländern präsentieren nun die Ergebnisse. Die Sektionen behandeln die "Gegenseitige Wahrnehmung vor dem 1. Weltkrieg", "Kultur, Bildung, Fremdwahrnehmung" seit 1945, "Austausch und Konflikte" von der Frühen Neuzeit bis ins 20. Jahrhundert, das "Rechtsverständnis", "Recht und Wirtschaft", die "Religionsgelehrsamkeit" sowie "gesellschaftliche Integration und Bewahrung der Identität". Mit...

Lutheran Reformation and the Law
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 283

Lutheran Reformation and the Law

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-01-04
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  • Publisher: BRILL

The study based on interdisciplinary research by theologians and legal historians investigating the legal, philosophical and theological aspects of the Lutheran Reformation in the church and society, and the impact of the Reformation on law in the Nordic countries.

The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100-1350
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 400

The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100-1350

The history of medieval Germany is still rarely studied in the English-speaking world. This collection of essays by distinguished German historians examines one of most important themes of German medieval history, the development of the local principalities. These became the dominant governmental institutions of the late medieval Reich, whose nominal monarchs needed to work with the princes if they were to possess any effective authority. Previous scholarship in English has tended to look at medieval Germany primarily in terms of the struggles and eventual decline of monarchical authority during the Salian and Staufen eras – in other words, at the "failure" of a centralised monarchy. Today...

The Military in the Early Modern World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 317

The Military in the Early Modern World

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-12-14
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  • Publisher: V&R Unipress

When looking at the early modern period (c. 1500–c. 1800), we often speak of "the military" or "the army". But what exactly do we mean when using these terms? The forms and structures of the armed forces have not only changed between 1500 and 1800, but also varied throughout different regions of the world and even within Europe. The contributors to this volume examine twelve early modern examples of armed forces in the Holy Roman Empire, Western and Eastern Europe, Eastern Asia and North America and paint a multifarious and even disparate picture during this period. The findings suggest that modern notions of the armed forces common in the early modern period should be used more prudently to avoid prevalent implications of non-existing continuity and uniformity.

Making Manslaughter: Process, Punishment and Restitution in Württemberg and Zurich, 1376-1700
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 345

Making Manslaughter: Process, Punishment and Restitution in Württemberg and Zurich, 1376-1700

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-06-06
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  • Publisher: BRILL

In Making Manslaughter, Susanne Pohl-Zucker analyses the production and application of legal categories and procedures aimed at the resolution of homicides committed during heated disputes. Parallel studies explore distinct legal practices in Württemberg and Zurich between 1376 and 1700.

Battle and Bloodshed
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 260

Battle and Bloodshed

This collection of articles is the result of an interdisciplinary Medieval Studies conference held at the University of Sheffield in 2009. Brutality and aggression were a stark reality of everyday life in the Middle Ages; from individual rebellions through family feuds to epic wars, a history of medieval warfare could easily be read as a history of medieval violence. This volume goes beyond such an analysis by illustrating just how pervasive the nature of war could be, influencing not only medieval historiography and chronicle tradition, but also other disciplines such as art, architecture, literature and law. The overarching and multi-faceted themes bring together both iconic aspects of medieval warfare such as armour and the Crusades, as well as taking in the richness of textual traditions and matters of crucial importance at the time—the justification for war and the means by which peace can be re-established.

Transatlantic Images and Perceptions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 388

Transatlantic Images and Perceptions

This 1997 book analyses how German and American views of each other developed, providing a fresh analysis of an often complex relationship.

England and Germany in the High Middle Ages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 410

England and Germany in the High Middle Ages

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 madelife in the twelfth century more varied, less peaceful, and less secure than before? How can the parellel 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 andGermany? This volume gives the reader an opportunity to see how English-speaking and German scholars approach similar themes. Edited by two leading German medievalists, it includes 17 contributions by eminent scholrs from Britain, North America, and Germany. It is divided into 4 sections on modes ofcommunication, war and peace, Christians and non-Christians, and urban and rural developments, and is essential reading for students and scholars of English or German medieval history.

Spätmittelalterliche Jurisprudenz zwischen Rechtspraxis, Universität und kirchlicher Karriere
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 486

Spätmittelalterliche Jurisprudenz zwischen Rechtspraxis, Universität und kirchlicher Karriere

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-04-03
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  • Publisher: BRILL

The late Middle Ages saw the emergence of professional jurists as a new functionary elite. The study approaches this phenomenon by focusing on a singular individual: Dietrich von Bocksdorf, Professor of Canon Law in Leipzig, learned counselor to the elector of Saxony, bishop of Naumburg. The book thereby breaks new ground. It offers not only a biography, but explores large and previously unused and largely unknown collections of more than 500 papers from the legal practice, written by the Leipzig Ordinarius. Based on this unique material the book examines for the first time spheres of influence, circles of clients and occupational fields of an individual late medieval german jurist. Legal opinions (“consilia”) and pleadings, but as well working tools for the emerging learned practice of “Common Saxon Law” made by Dietrich von Bocksdorf, provide deep insights into the beginnings of the epochal change from the traditional-archaic jurisdiction of the Middle Ages to the scholarly and written practice of law in the early modern world.

Bauern zwischen Herrschaft und Genossenschaft
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 308

Bauern zwischen Herrschaft und Genossenschaft

Explores vertical relations (Herrschaft) between peasants, landlords and territorial lords and horizontal bonds (Genossenschaft) and conflicts within the peasant society. This book examines the peasants' control over land and resources from the High Middle Ages to the end of the early modern period in the Scandinavian countries.