Medieval polities and modern mentalities中世纪的政治与现代智力

书籍目录

Editor's noteAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsEditor`s introductionPart I. Modern Mentalities: Historiographies, Methodologies, Preconceptions: 　1. Modern mentalities and medieval polities　2. Medieval: another tyrannous construct?　3. The insecurity of travel in the early and high Middle Ages: criminals, victims and their medieval and modern observers　4. Debate: the 'Feudal Revolution'　5. Pre-Gregorian mentalities　6. Whose race? Whose ethnicity?Part II. The Symbolic Language of Medieval Political Action:　7. Nobles and others: the social and cultural expression of power relations in the Middle Ages　8. Regemque, quem in Francia pene perdidit, in patria magnifice recepit: Ottonian ruler representation in synchronic and diachronic comparison　9. Contextualising Canossa: excommunication, penance, surrender, reconciliation　10. Velle sibi fieri in forma hac: symbolic action in the Becket disputePart III. Political Structures and Intentions: 　11. Assembly politics, 800-1200　12. Sex, lies and oath-helpers: the trial of Queen Uota　13. Plunder and tribute in the Carolingian empire　14. The end of Carolingian military expansion　15. The Ottonians and Carolingian tradition　16. The making of England and Germany, 850-1050　17. Kings, nobles and others: 'basis' and 'superstructure' in the Ottonian period　18. The 'Imperial Church System' on the Ottonian and Salian rulers: a reconsideration　19. Peace-breaking, feud, rebellion, resistance: violence and peace in the politics of the Salian era　20. The medieval German Sonderweg? The Empire and its rulers in the high Middle Ages　21. Mandate, privilege, court judgement: techniques of rulership in the era of Frederick Barbarossa　22. All quiet except on the Western Front? The emergence of pre-modern forms of statehood in the high Middle Ages. Index

作者简介

This is a collection of influential and challenging essays by British medievalist Timothy Reuter, a perceptive and original thinker with extraordinary range who was equally at home in the Anglophone or German scholarly worlds. The 2006 book addresses three interconnected themes in the study of the history of the early and high Middle Ages. Firstly, historiography, the development of the modern study of the medieval past. How do our contemporary and inherited preconceptions and pre-occupations determine our view of history? Secondly, the importance of symbolic action and communication in the politics and polities of the Middle Ages. Finally, the need to avoid anachronism in our consideration of medieval politics. Throwing light both on modern mentalities and on the values and conduct of medieval people themselves, and containing articles, at time of publication, never previously been available in English, this book is essential reading for any serious scholar of medieval Europe.

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