Die Entstehung Deutschlands und die Entdeckung des Mittelalters

Content (Excerpt): New Edition. Language: German The Formation of the Frankish Empire; The Expansion of the Frankish Empire; The Organization of Power; The Spread of Christianity; The Social and Economic Situation; The Feudalization; The Development of the Manorial System; The Reorganization of the Army; The Emergence of the Feudal System; The Relationship between Lord and Vassal; The Replacement of the Merovingians by the Carolingians and the Flourishing of the Frankish Empire; The Emergence of the East Frankish Empire and its Duchies. The New Dynasty of the Ottonians; The East Frankish King Henry I, the "Rediscovery" of the Middle Ages and the Search for the Beginning of German History in the 19th Century; Emperor Otto the Great; The Emperors Otto II, Otto III, and Henry II; The Emergence of the Term "German" and Its Meanings; The Written Sources from the Early and High Middle Ages; The Emperors Conrad II and Henry III; The Ministerials; The Princely Expansion of Territories; The Papacy; The Emergence of Cities; Emperor Henry IV; Emperor Henry V; Abbreviations; Further Reading; Endnotes; Index of Persons; Index of Places.Lebens: Dann sprüht sein Verstand, das Herz schlägt höher und die Augen lieben. Werner Peplowski brilliert hier in einem Handwerk, dessen Stoff das Leben ist, frei nach dem Satz von Kurt Marti: »Fragen bleiben jung, Antworten altern rasch.«