Commemorating power in early medieval Saxony writing and rewriting the past at Gandersheim and Quedlinburg
Greer, Sarah.
Commemorating power in early medieval Saxony writing and rewriting the past at Gandersheim and Quedlinburg Sarah Greer - Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021. ©2021. - 1 online resource (221 pages) - Studies in German History Ser. . - Studies in German History Ser. .
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Cover -- Series_page -- Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony: Writing and Rewriting the Past at Gandersheim and Quedlinburg -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Maps and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony -- 1: Saxon Female Monasticism c.852-1024 -- The Unique Case of Saxon Convents -- Understanding Saxon Commemoration -- Saxony, Conversion, and the Vita Canonica -- Surveying the Monastic Landscape -- 2: The Origins of Gandersheim -- Gandersheim's Relationships in the Vita Hathumodae -- The Liudolfings -- Corvey and Herford -- Gandersheim and Fulda -- Royal Protection in the Vita Hathumodae -- The Traditio of 877 -- Gandersheim's Relationships in the De obitu Hathumodae dialogus -- Becoming Royal -- 3: Rewriting the Origins of Gandersheim -- The Origin of Gandersheim in the Primordia -- Gandersheim under the Ottonians, 919-978 -- The Reign of Henry I -- The Reign of Otto I -- The Reign of Otto II -- The Motivations of the Primordia -- Sophia and the Gandersheim Conflict -- Gandersheim's Primordia -- 4: The Origins of Quedlinburg -- The Foundation of Quedlinburg -- Quedlinburg and Magdeburg -- Challenges to Royal Authority at Quedlinburg -- The Abbesses of Quedlinburg -- Dynastic Memory and Memoria -- 5: Rewriting the Origins of Quedlinburg -- Queen Mathilda and Quedlinburg in the Early Sources -- Rewriting Quedlinburg's Origins -- The Vita Mathildis Antiquior -- The VMP -- The Quedlinburg Annals -- Uncovering a Memorial Foundation -- Conclusion: Ottonian Convents as Memorial Institutions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9780192590411
Stift Gandersheim
Stift Quedlinburg
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Literatur
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Fernzugriff
Commemorating power in early medieval Saxony writing and rewriting the past at Gandersheim and Quedlinburg Sarah Greer - Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021. ©2021. - 1 online resource (221 pages) - Studies in German History Ser. . - Studies in German History Ser. .
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Cover -- Series_page -- Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony: Writing and Rewriting the Past at Gandersheim and Quedlinburg -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Maps and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony -- 1: Saxon Female Monasticism c.852-1024 -- The Unique Case of Saxon Convents -- Understanding Saxon Commemoration -- Saxony, Conversion, and the Vita Canonica -- Surveying the Monastic Landscape -- 2: The Origins of Gandersheim -- Gandersheim's Relationships in the Vita Hathumodae -- The Liudolfings -- Corvey and Herford -- Gandersheim and Fulda -- Royal Protection in the Vita Hathumodae -- The Traditio of 877 -- Gandersheim's Relationships in the De obitu Hathumodae dialogus -- Becoming Royal -- 3: Rewriting the Origins of Gandersheim -- The Origin of Gandersheim in the Primordia -- Gandersheim under the Ottonians, 919-978 -- The Reign of Henry I -- The Reign of Otto I -- The Reign of Otto II -- The Motivations of the Primordia -- Sophia and the Gandersheim Conflict -- Gandersheim's Primordia -- 4: The Origins of Quedlinburg -- The Foundation of Quedlinburg -- Quedlinburg and Magdeburg -- Challenges to Royal Authority at Quedlinburg -- The Abbesses of Quedlinburg -- Dynastic Memory and Memoria -- 5: Rewriting the Origins of Quedlinburg -- Queen Mathilda and Quedlinburg in the Early Sources -- Rewriting Quedlinburg's Origins -- The Vita Mathildis Antiquior -- The VMP -- The Quedlinburg Annals -- Uncovering a Memorial Foundation -- Conclusion: Ottonian Convents as Memorial Institutions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9780192590411
Stift Gandersheim
Stift Quedlinburg
Frau
Literatur
Sachsen
Fernzugriff