Commemorating power in early medieval Saxony : writing and rewriting the past at Gandersheim and Quedlinburg / Sarah Greer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greer, Sarah (Researcher), author.

Series:

Studies in German history (Oxford University Press)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders for women--Germany--History.

Monasticism and religious orders for women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This title 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. Two convents of monastic women who played a significant role in Ottonian politics are the main focus of the book.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-188458-8

0-19-259041-3

OCLC:

1276859578