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This first history of Cologne available in English challenges received notions of late Roman ethnic identities, a Dark Age collapse of urban life, devastating Viking and Magyar incursions, and the origins of medieval urban government.
List of contents
Foreword, Historic Preservation and European Urban History, Prologue, 1. Origins: Romano-Germanic Cologne (58 B.C.-A.D. 456), 2. Rupture or Continuity? Merovingian Cologne (456-686), 3. The Imperial Project Redux: Carolingian Cologne (686-925), 4. The Age of Imperial Bishops I: Ottonian Ducal Archbishops and Imperial Kin (925-1024), 5. The Age of Imperial Bishops II: Early Salian Archchancellors and Urban Patrons (1024-1056), 6. The Great Pivot: Herrschaft meets Gemeinde in the Episcopate of Anno II (1056-1075), 7. The Rhineland Metropolis Emerges: Herrschaft and Gemeinde during the Investiture Controversy (1075-1125), 8. From Roman Colony to Medieval Metropolis: The Urban History of Cologne in Comparative European Context, Bibliography
About the author
Joseph P. Huffman is Distinguished Professor of European History at Messiah College. He has published books, articles, and reviews in both English and German in Europe as well as in North America.
