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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817846403321

Autore

Sommerfeldt John R.

Titolo

The flight and fall of the eagle : a history of medieval Germany, 800-1648 / / John R. Sommerfeldt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Hamilton Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-7618-6838-0

0-7618-6839-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

943

Soggetti

Germany History 1517-1648

Germany History To 1517

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The eagle is born -- Restoring the Roman Empire -- Growing peace and prosperity -- A vision of Christendom -- Reform and imperial theocracy -- The construction of a state -- Apogee of empire -- The investiture conflict -- The great settlement -- Kings, Cistercians, and crusades -- The red-bearded ruler -- The flowering of Medieval German literature -- The turning point -- Political reconstitution -- The late medieval laity -- Thirteenth-century friars and holy women -- Fourteenth-century spiritual leaders -- The failure of the institutional church -- The Cusanus -- The death of the eagle.

Sommario/riassunto

"In addition to tracing the political, cultural and religious history of medieval Germany, this volume examines the thought of outstanding German men and women, and includes an extensive account of the changing status of German Jews."--Cover page [4].