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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Greer, Sarah (Researcher), author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Description:	1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in German history Oxford scholarship online Studies in German history. Oxford scholarship online.
Subject:	Stift Gandersheim (Bad Gandersheim, Germany) -- History. Stift Quedlinburg (Quedlinburg, Germany) -- History. Women and literature -- Germany -- Saxony -- History -- To 1500. Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Germany -- Saxony -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Literature, Medieval -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Memorialization -- Germany -- History -- To 1500. Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Saxon House, 919-1024.
Format:	E-Resource Map Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12694286

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ISBN:	9780191884580 (ebook) : No price
Notes:	This edition also issued in print: 2021. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 1, 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.
Other form:	Print version : 9780198850137

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