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Zusatztext a passionate journey, meticulously designed ... By refusing to take an authoritative stance as the interpreter of the Henryków Book, to which he was certainly entitled, Piotr Górecki invites his readers to a mesmerizing journey and compels them to embark on an uneasy quest. Informationen zum Autor Piotr Górecki is a professor of history at the University of California, Riverside, where he has worked since 1989, after lecturing briefly at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His training is in general medieval history, and in his research he specializes in the history of medieval Poland, with a principal focus on the intersection between social and legal history, on medieval communities, and on the medieval economy. He has a PhD from the University of Chicago (history, 1988), and a JD from Stanford Law School (1983). Klappentext A study of an exceptionally interesting primary source - the Henryk¿w Book - and of the local and regional world which that source reflected and helped shape. This volume mines the Henryk¿w Book for the information it provides about the social, political, religious, and literary contexts of medieval Europe. Zusammenfassung A study of an exceptionally interesting primary source - the Henryków Book - and of the local and regional world which that source reflected and helped shape. This volume mines the Henryków Book for the information it provides about the social, political, religious, and literary contexts of medieval Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One: The Text 1: In Search of the Authors 2: The Past as a Legal Resource 3: Writing, Memory, and Knowledge 4: Communities of Memory and Knowledge Part Two: The World 5: Gathering the Monastic Estate 6: The World of Abbot Peter 7: The Long Thirteenth Century: The World of Peter's Continuator 8: The Long Thirteenth Century: Peasants and Townspeople Transformed 9: The Text and the World Bibliography ...
