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- Title
- The Construction of Ottonian Kingship
- Subtitle
- Narratives and Myth in Tenth-Century Germany
- Author
- Antoni Grabowski
- Price
- € 136,00 excl. VAT
- ISBN
- 9789462987234
- Format
- Hardback
- Number of pages
- 294
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 07 - 08 - 2018
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 23.4 cm
- Category
- Medieval Studies
- Discipline
- History, Art History, and Archaeology
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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 40
Chapter 1, Henry I at Fritzlar 919, A Beginning of a New Dynasty 41
Chapter 2, Otto I at Aachen 936, A Successor - Continuator 79
Part II, King and his Kingdom 101
Chapter 3, How Henry I Subjugated the Kingdom without Bloodshed 102
Chapter 4, Otto I and Rebellion of 937-939 119
Part III, War Against Heathens as a Road to Empire 191
Chapter 5, How Hungarians were Defeated by the Ottonians 193
Chapter 6, The Holy Lance, a Symbol of Empire 219
Conclusions 232
List of Abbreviations 236
Bibliography 238
Antoni Grabowski
The Construction of Ottonian Kingship
Narratives and Myth in Tenth-Century Germany
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.
Author
Antoni Grabowski
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.
