A large-scale slave society of the early Middle Ages : slaves and their families in early medieval Bavaria / Carl I. Hammer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hammer, Carl I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Germany--Bavaria--History.

Slavery.

History.

Bavaria (Germany)--History--To 1180.

Bavaria (Germany).

Germany--Bavaria.

Physical Description:

xiv, 148 pages : map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

Map of early medieval Bavaria north of the Alps viii

Citations and Names xiii

Part I Historical Commentary

The historical problem 3

The setting: early medieval Bavaria 5

2 Terminology and Status Designations 11

3 Institutional Ecology and General Conditions of Slavery 17

Agricultural organization 17

Dependent labor services 21

Marriage, the family and sexual relationships 26

Slaves in law and legal proceedings 34

Material conditions 39

4 Sources of Slaves 45

Birth 45

Grant, exchange, sale and payment 47

Inheritance and dower 49

Punishment, compensation and self-enslavement 51

Forcible servitude and kidnaping 52

External trade 53

Warfare, slavehunting and flight 55

5 Manumission and Freedmen 57

6 Ultimate Slaves 63

7 Quantitative Evidence 65

8 Conclusions and Perspectives 67

Part II Documents

9 Laws and Decrees 75

Texts 77

Law code 77

Church councils 85

Capitularies 88

10 Deeds, Surveys and Charters 93

Texts 95

Deeds 95

Surveys 124

Charters 128

11 Historiography, Hagiography and Formularies 131

Texts 132

Historiography 132

Hagiography 133

Formularies 136

Bibliography A Primary Sources Cited, by Document Abbreviation 139

Bibliography B Secondary Sources, by Author 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-148).

ISBN:

075460750X

OCLC:

48045621