Antoni Grabowski

The Construction of Ottonian Kingship (eBook, PDF)

Narratives and Myth in Tenth-Century Germany

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

German historians long assumed that the German Kingdom was created with Henry the Fowler's coronation in 919. The reigns of both Henry the Fowler, and his son Otto the Great, were studied and researched mainly through Widukind of Corvey's chronicle Res Gestae Saxonicae. There was one source on Ottonian times that was curiously absent from most of the serious research: Liudprand of Cremona's Antapodosis. The study of this chronicle leads to a reappraisal of the tenth century in Western Europe showing how mythology of the dynasty was constructed. By looking at the later reception (through later Middle Ages and then on 19th and 20th century historiography) the author showcases the longevity of Ottonian myths and the ideological expressions of the tenth century storytellers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040781265
• Artikelnr.: 75564220

Autorenporträt

Dr Antoni Grabowski works at the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History at the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is interested in the historiography of the tenth century, its later reinterpretations, and the use of historical sources in medieval narratives.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Note on Citations
Introduction
Part I
Making of a King Chapter 1
Henry I at Fritzlar 919
A Beginning of a New Dynasty Chapter 2
Otto I at Aachen 936
A Successor - Continuator Part II
King and his Kingdom Chapter 3
How Henry I Subjugated the Kingdom without Bloodshed Chapter 4
Otto I and Rebellion of 937-939 Part III
War Against Heathens as a Road to Empire Chapter 5
How Hungarians were Defeated by the Ottonians Chapter 6
The Holy Lance
a Symbol of Empire Conclusions List of Abbreviations Bibliography. Acknowledgements 3 Note on Citations
4 Introduction 5 Part I
Making of a King. Chapter 1
Henry I at Fritzlar 919
A Beginning of a New Dynasty 41 Chapter 2
Otto I at Aachen 936
A Successor - Continuator
Part II
King and his Kingdom
Chapter 3
How Henry I Subjugated the Kingdom without Bloodshed
Chapter 4
Otto I and Rebellion of 937-939
Part III
War Against Heathens as a Road to Empire
Chapter 5
How Hungarians were Defeated by the Ottonians
Chapter 6
The Holy Lance
a Symbol of Empire
Conclusions
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography.