Herrschaftspraxis und soziale Ordnungen im Mittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit. Ernst Schubert zum Gedenken (review)
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Herrschaftspraxis und soziale Ordnungen im Mittelalter in der fruhen Neuzeit. Ernst Schubert zum Gedenken. Edited by Peter Aufgebauer and Christine van den Heuvel. [Veroffentlichungen Historischen Kommission fur Nieder Sachsen Bremen, 232.] (Hannover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung Verlag. 2006. Pp. 591) The late Schubert, Professor for the History of Lower Saxony at University Gottingen, served simultaneously as Director Historical Commission Bremen. This collection thirty-one essays, gathered originally a sixty-fifth birthday Festschrift, is published now memorial volume upon untimely death honoree. book divided into five sections: aside from two appendices listing dissertations directed his works, other sections arrange contributions four loose thematic groupings that reflect Schubert's own research interests agenda: i.e., constitutional social history medieval Holy Roman Empire, especially dialectic between local/regional imperial history, exemplified particularly cases North German realm. Chronologically, essays range Carolingian to nineteenth century, mirroring expertise professor Landesgeschichte universities: narrow geographic focus la longue duree. A first group seven discuss theme King Empire. Four these deal with Middle Ages: Heinz Thomas analyzes flag symbolisms Emperor Heinrich VIPs journey Rome; Frank Rexroth forced abdication Adolf von Nassau using Dominican Chronicle Colmar; Beate Schuster discusses work twelfth-century writer Odo Deuil, pupil abbe Suger, on morality model ruler; Bernhard Schimmelpfennig surveys Pontificale image ecclesiastical princes. Aufgebauer's contribution, problem calendar precision Easter liturgy, instructive, he traces discussion Roger Bacon 1267 Gregorian reform 1582. interplay regional politics expertly analyzed Gerd Steinwascher study relationship county Oldenburg early sixteenth mid-seventeenth centuries. similar echoed Heuvel's contribution Hannover election 1764. Another constitute second section Princes Subjects. articles Schmidt Hajo Lengen Friesian region fifteenth century; Wilhelm Janssen conflict enclave Xanten Lord BronkhorstBatenburg fourteenth Dieter Brosius territorial lord urban jurisprudence, court records town Dannenberger Werner Buchholz argues strong resistance Protestant Reformation Sweden 1527 1617, religious innovation imposed above aim expand royal power; Gunther Scheel interprets ceremonies associated visit Duchess Mecldenburg-Schwering 1679; Rudolf Endres offers seventeenth-century planned St. …
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