Chronicles of the Investiture Contest - Frutolf of Michelsberg and His Continuators

Informationen zum Autor T. J. H. McCarthy is Associate Professor of Medieval History at New College of Florida Klappentext This book is the first English translation of one of the most significant chronicles of the Middle Ages. Written in Bamberg at the end of the eleventh century, Frutolf of Michelsberg's Chronicle offers a lively and vivid account of the great struggle between the German emperors and the papacy known today as the Investiture Contest. Together with numerous continuations written in the first quarter of the twelfth century, Frutolf's Chronicle offers an engaging and accessible snapshot of how medieval people reacted to a conflict that led to civil war in Germany and Italy, and fundamentally altered the relationship of church and state in Western society. Zusammenfassung The first English translation of Frutolf of Michelsberg's Chronicle! one of the most significant chronicles of the Middle Ages. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Frutolf of Michelsberg, Chronicle (1001-1101) 2. The 1106 Continuation of Frutolf's Chronicle (1096-1106) 3. The Bamberg Imperial Chronicle (1096-1114) 4a. Ekkehard of Aura, Chronicle, book 5 (1106-16) 4b. Ekkehard of Aura, Hierosolimita 5. The 1125 Continuation of Frutolf's Chronicle (1117-25) Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Rosemary Horrox, T. J. H. McCarthy
• Assisted by: Rosemary Horrox (Editor), Simon Maclean (Editor), T J H McCarthy (Editor), T. J. H. McCarthy (Editor), T J H McCarthy (Translation), T. J. H. McCarthy (Translation), McCarthy T. J. H. (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2014
• EAN: 9780719084690
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8469-0
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Manchester Medieval Sources; Manchester Medieval Sources
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Europe, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval