Ottonische Königsherrschaft: Organisation und Legitimation königlicher Macht
Julia Barrow
Ottonische Königsherrschaft: Organisation und Legitimation königlicher Macht, by Hagen Keller (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2002; pp. 319. Eur 34.90). This volume is a collection of seven essays originally published over the period 1982–97, four them in periodical Frühmittelalterliche Studien, edited from University Münster, where (now Professor Emeritus) taught for many years. In brief foreword Gerd Althoff introduces and comments on Keller's role re-evaluation Ottonian rule which has been taking place last twenty or more Keller, trained Freiburg school with its prosopographical approach to historical study, developed an interest cultural aspects Salian political history, though his background emerges personal nature relations between rulers their magnates, circumstances Otto I's first coronation. The opening chapter addresses...
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