Conflicting Loyalties in Early Medieval Bavaria : A View of Socio-Political Interaction, 680-900

Pearson, Kathy Lynne Roper

Ashgate Pub Ltd（2000/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 247 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780754600114
• DDC分類 943.3014

Full Description

This text examines the successes and failures of the Agilofingi dukes and their Carolingian royal successors as they attempted to establish effective territoriaity within early-medieval Bavaria. The dukes and kings relied heavily on two major strategies: the use of the Church as an extension of the ruler's authority over both territory and its inhabitants; and the creation of proto-vassalic and vassalic ties with members of the landowning class. Pursuit of these strategies forced the Bavarian rulers to deal with the ambivalence of their clerical and secular elites whose patters of loyalty were shaped by a variety of familial, religious or territorial concerns of their own, not always compatible with the ruler's interests. The book explores these various conflicting loyalties and demonstrates that, although Bavaria did evolve into a distinct territorial principality, the ambitions and loyalties of the landowning elites could never be fully subordinated to royal authority.

Contents

Bavaria before the reign of Duke Theodo; the creation of territoriality - Theodo to Tassilo III, c.680-788; the landowning elites of the 8th century; territoriality in the Carolingian era, 788-899; the landowning elites in the Carolingian era. Appendix: the statistical evidence of the cartularies.