| Eleventh-Century Germany: The Swabian Chronicles Contributor(s): Robinson, I. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0719077346 ISBN-13: 9780719077340 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: The only available English translation of three of the most important Latin chronicles of eleventh-century Germany. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 274.304 |
| Series: Manchester Medieval Sources |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (1.05 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Three of the most important chronicles of eleventh-century Germany were composed in the south-western duchy of Swabia. The chronicles reveal how between 1049 and 1100 the centripetal attraction of the reform papacy became the dominant fact of intellectual life in German reformed monastic circles. In the abbey of Reichenau Herman 'the Lame' composed a chronicle of the reign of Emperor Henry III (1039-56). His pupil, Berthold of Reichenau, continued his master's work, composing a detailed account of 1076-1079 in Germany. Bernold, a clergyman of Constance, continued the work of Herman and Berthold in a text containing the fullest extant account of 1080-1100. Herman's waning enthusiasm for the monarchy and growing interest in the newly reformed papacy were intensified in Berthold's chronicle, and writing in the new context of the reformed monasteries of south-western Germany, Bernold preached total obedience to the Gregorian papacy. The Swabian chronicles are an indispensable resource to the student of the changing loyalties and conflicts of eleventh-century Germany. |