Noble Society - (Manchester Medieval Sources) Annotated by Rosemary Horrox & Jonathan R Lyon & Simon MacLean (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This volume contains five biographical sources, translated into English for the first time, about noblemen and noblewomen living in twelfth-century Germany.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This book provides scholars and students alike with a set of texts that can deepen their understanding of the culture and society of the twelfth-century German kingdom. The sources translated here bring to life the activities of five noblemen and noblewomen from Rome to the Baltic coast and from the Rhine River to the Alpine valleys of Austria. To read these five sources together is to appreciate how interconnected political, military, economic, religious and spiritual interests could be for some of the leading members of medieval German society-and for the authors who wrote about them. Whether fighting for the emperor in Italy, bringing Christianity to pagans in what is today northern Poland, or founding, reforming and governing monastic communities in the heartland of the German kingdom, the subjects of these texts call attention to some of the many ways that noble life shaped the world of central medieval Europe.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><i>Noble society</i> collects five Latin sources, translated into English for the first time, highlighting the diverse experiences of German aristocrats between 1075 and 1200. These biographical texts show noblemen and noblewomen - a margrave, a bishop, an abbess, a count and a <i>magistra</i> (the female leader of the women's side of a double monastic community) - living and dying. To read them together is to appreciate how interconnected political, military, economic, religious and spiritual interests could be for some of the leading members of German society, as well as for the authors who wrote about them. Whether fighting for the emperor in Italy, bringing Christianity to pagans in what is today northern Poland, or founding, reforming and governing monastic communities in the heartland of the German kingdom, the subjects of these texts call attention to the many ways that aristocratic culture permeated the world of high medieval Europe. The book provides scholars and students alike with a set of texts that will deepen their understanding of elite society in the twelfth-century German kingdom. Readers interested in gender history, noble culture and religious life will find rich evidence in these five sources for the lived experience of men and women inside and outside the Church.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>'This is a rich collection and, like other volumes in the Manchester stable, destined to become a staple of many undergraduate courses.' Johanna Dale, University College London, <i>The Medieval Review '</i>A beautiful book, and a solid working tool'. <i>Schrifttum</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br><strong>Jonathan R. Lyon</strong> is Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago.<br>
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