Conclusion: Tasks of Governance in Medieval Germany
Benjamin Arnold
What description of the medieval German polity would be taxonomically convincing in our present state knowledge? To find sources some equivalent ‘state’ and ‘nation’ is not easy, but labels ‘kingdom’ ‘Empire’ are well grounded: regnum East Franks from ninth century, Teutonicorum eleventh, Henry VII addressed as rex Alamannie by his father’s chancery 1231.1 Romanum imperium was literary use, Gerbert Aurillac’s letters or Vita Heinrici Quarti. It fitfully usage eleventh habitually Frederick Barbarossa’s diplomas. But what sort kingdom Empire being advertised tandem? Some reverence for Frankish tradition; immediate diplomatic geometry Papacy, kingdom, Lombard royal inheritance; capacity Otto Great political innovation — all these motivated restoration neo-Roman western 962.