The Falkensteins : losers and winners in Medieval Bavaria /

The Falkensteins : losers and winners in Medieval Bavaria /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Freed, John B., author.
Imprint:	Stuttgart : Hiersemann, 2023.
Description:	519 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Monographien zur Geschichte des Mittelalters, 0026-9832 ; Band 72 Monographien zur Geschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 72.
Subject:	Falkenstein, Counts of. Nobility -- Germany -- History -- To 1500. Nobility -- Germany -- Biography. Germany -- History -- Hohenstaufen, 1138-1254. Germany -- History -- 843-1273. Germany -- Genealogy.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13127303

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ISBN:	9783777223056 3777223050
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-504) and index.
Summary:	"The 'Codex Falkensteinensis' is the oldest extant medieval family archive. Count Sigiboto IV of Falkenstein commissioned the codex before joining in 1166 Frederick Barbarossa's fourth Italian expedition and continued it after his return. It contains the earliest family portrait, the only book of conveyances ('Traditionsbuch') from a secular lordship, the oldest accounts from the estate of a German lay lord, and the infamous "murder letter." It has been used to study agricultural, legal, and family history, but it has never been treated as a whole. Much of the analysis hinges on the placement of entries in the manuscript. The book explains why the Wittelsbachs were able to eliminate their erstwhile peers and consolidate their power."--
Standard no.:	9783777223056

Table of Contents:

The Welf century
The 'Codex Falkensteinensis'
Ancestors : Imagined and real
Forebears
The patriarch
Lords, vassals, friends, and unfree retainers
The agricultural foundation
The end of the dynasty
Conclusion
Genealogies.