Rank and Order - The Formation of Aristocratic Elites in Western and Central Europe, 500-1500. Enthält Beiträge in englischer, deutscher und französischer Sprache

This volume is the outcome of the concluding final conference of the research project RANK. In an interdisciplinary approach, scholars from England, Germany and France representing the fields of history, art history, archaeology and ethnology analyse how rank developed in Medieval Europe between 500 and 1500. In a total of fourteen contributions, the factors that constituted aristocratic rank and how such rank was communicated are discussed. Focusing on the Carolingian Empire, England, France and the Holy Roman Empire, the essays also provide some insights into regional variations concerning the definition of rank across the centuries.Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch

About the author

Jörg Peltzer is professor of Vergleichende Landesgeschichte in europäischer Perspektive at the University of Heidelberg. He was the Principal investigator of the research group RANK.

Summary

This volume is the outcome of the concluding final conference of the research project RANK. In an interdisciplinary approach, scholars from England, Germany and France representing the fields of history, art history, archaeology and ethnology analyse how rank developed in Medieval Europe between 500 and 1500. In a total of fourteen contributions, the factors that constituted aristocratic rank and how such rank was communicated are discussed. Focusing on the Carolingian Empire, England, France and the Holy Roman Empire, the essays also provide some insights into regional variations concerning the definition of rank across the centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Jörg Peltzer
• Assisted by: Jörg Peltzer (Editor)
• Publisher: Thorbecke
• Languages: English, German, French
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2015
• EAN: 9783799591249
• ISBN: 978-3-7995-9124-9
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 247 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 776 g
• Illustrations: mit 34, großteils farbigen Abbildungen
• Series: RANK. Politisch-soziale Ordnungen im mittelalterlichen Europa; RANK. Politisch-soziale Ordnungen im mittelalterlichen Europa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Mittelalter, Kunstgeschichte, Archäologie, Ethnologie, Geschichte Europas