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The Emperor's Old Clothes
For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. What determined the rules (and whether they were followed) depended on complex symbolic-ritual actions. By examining key moments in the political history of the Empire, the author shows that it was a vocabulary of symbols, not the actual written laws, that formed a political language indispensable in maintaining the common order.
Birth of the Leviathan
Ertman presents a new theory to explain the variation in political regimes and state infrastructures in pre-French Revolution Europe.
Ordinary Prussians
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State and Nobility in Early Modern Germany
One of the most striking features of late medieval and early modern German was the countless feuds carried out by nobles. A constant threat to law and order, these feuds have commonly been regarded as a manifestation of the decline - economic and otherwise - of the nobility. This study shows that the nobility was not in crisis at this time. Nor were feuds merely banditry by another name. Rather, they were the result of an interplay between two fundamental processes: princely state-building, and social stratification among the nobility. Offering a new paradigm for understanding the German nobility, this book argues that the development of the state made proximity to princes the single most decisive factor in determining the fortune of a family. The result was a violent competition among the nobility over resources which were crucial to the princes. Feuds played a central role in this struggle that eventually led to the formation of an elite of noble families on whose power and wealth the princely state depended.
Der Havelberger Dombau und seine Ausstrahlung
Der 1170 als romanische Basilika geweihte Dom St. Marien in Havelberg gehört zu den ältesten Kirchenbauten östlich der Elbe. Durch seinen gotischen Umbau nach dem Brand 1279 vereinigt er die beiden mittelalterlichen Baustile der Romanik und Gotik auf eindrucksvolle Weise. Die Klosteranlage aus dem 12. bis 14. Jahrhundert ergänzt das imposant auf einer Anhöhe über der Havel gelegene Bauwerk. Die interessante Baugeschichte und hochwertige Ausstattung beschäftigt seit Jahrzehnten Kunsthistoriker und Bauforscher, die überraschende neue Ergebnisse hervorbrachten und andererseits neue Fragen aufwarfen. 0Die Beiträge widmen sich historischen, kunstgeschichtlichen und denkmalpflegerischen Fragestellungen. Geschichte, Architektur und Ausstattung des Havelberger Domes werden in ihrer Wechselbeziehung und Ausstrahlung auf die Region erstmals beleuchtet und diskutiert.
Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe
What was an “advocate” (Latin: advocatus; German: Vogt) in the Middle Ages? What responsibilities came with the position and how did they change over time? With this groundbreaking study, Jonathan R. Lyon challenges the standard narrative of a “medieval” Europe of feudalism and lordship being replaced by a “modern” Europe of government, bureaucracy and the state. By focusing on the position of advocate, he argues for continuity in corrupt practices of justice and protection between 750 and 1800. This book traces the development of the role of church advocate from the Carolingian period onward and explains why this position became associated with the violent abuse of power on churches' estates. When other types of advocates became common in and around Germany after 1250, including territorial and urban advocates, they were not officeholders in developing bureaucracies. Instead, they used similar practices to church advocates to profit illicitly from their positions, which calls into question scholarly arguments about the decline of violent lordship and the rise of governmental accountability in European history.
