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Town and country in early-medieval Bavaria : two studies in urban and comital structure / Carl I. Hammer.
Penn Museum Library DD801.B36 H36 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hammer, Carl I.
- Series:
- BAR international series ; 2437.
- BAR international series ; 2437
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns, Medieval.
- History.
- Bavaria (Germany)--History--To 1180.
- Bavaria (Germany).
- Cities and towns, Medieval--Germany--Bavaria--History--To 1180.
- Germany--Bavaria.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 65 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress, 2012.
- Summary:
- "Using historical, topographical and archaeological evidence, this book explores the earliest history of two fundamental institutions in 9th and 10th century Bavaria: the development of the urban 'borough' and the emergence of castle-based lordship within the comital organization of the countryside, which formed the twin bases for the estate-based feudal constitution of the high Middle Ages."--Publisher's web site.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. Borough and marketplace: proto- and para-urbanism in early-medieval Bavaria
- pt. 2. From Sheriff to Count: comital government and the "feudal transformation" in Bavaria.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-52).
- ISBN:
- 9781407310367
- 1407310364
- OCLC:
- 823230088
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