The Kingdom of Germany
Susan Reynolds
Abstract The kingdom of Germany is taken here to cover all the territory included in great kingdom, whatever it was called at different times before 1300, that developed out eastern part Carolingian empire. chapter will include some material on Lotharingia, but touches kingdoms Burgundy and Provence only twelfth century. Some former middle has already been used chapters France: extent untidiness overlaps reflect an untidy historical situation overlapping historiographical traditions. My coverage a huge varied area any case so patchy or omissions edges seem relatively unimportant. Like every other chapter, this one ignores mass regional local variations. It not I believe them have insignificant: my hypothesis is, as usual, rather traditional interpretation differences postulated premiss about nature political property relations needs be revised can .
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