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Book The Illustrations of the Sachsenspiegel

Download or read book The Illustrations of the Sachsenspiegel written by Guillermo Floris Margadant S. and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jewish Thought in the Sachsenspiegel

Download or read book Jewish Thought in the Sachsenspiegel written by Guido Kisch and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fama

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  • Author : Thelma S. Fenster
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780801488573
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Fama written by Thelma S. Fenster and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medieval Europe, the word fama denoted both talk (what was commonly said about a person or event) and an individual's ensuing reputation (one's fama). Although talk by others was no doubt often feared, it was also valued and even cultivated as a vehicle for shaping one's status. People had to think about how to "manage" their fama, which played an essential role in the medieval culture of appearances.At the same time, however, institutions such as law courts and the church, alarmed by the power of talk, sought increasingly to regulate it. Christian moral discourse, literary and visual representation, juristic manuals, and court records reflected concern about talk. This book's authors consider how talk was created and entered into memory. They address such topics as fama's relation to secular law and the preoccupations of the church, its impact on women's lives, and its capacity to shape the concept of literary authorship.

Book The Saxon Mirror

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2014-10-11
  • ISBN : 081229128X
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book The Saxon Mirror written by and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014-10-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sachsenspiegel, or Saxon Mirror, compiled in 1235 by Eike von Repgow, may be said to mark the beginning of vernacular German jurisprudence. For the first time, Maria Dobozy offers an English translation of this influential lawbook, the oldest, and most important, set of customary law in the German language. This lawbook with its amendments marks a major shift in the history of German law from purely oral authority and transmission to a written documentation that allowed greater consistency in legal procedure. The reception of the lawbook was vast. It was rapidly adapted across Germany, as the four hundred manuscript versions demonstrate. Beyond Germany, it was copied as the paradigm for lawbooks in Prussia, Silesia, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, and Bohemia. These codes of law became the standard for over three hundred years. The Sachsenspiegel contains a compilation of the legal practices at the time in Saxony, an ethnically mixed territory, and encompasses the legal customs and procedures that regulated the daily life of peasants and landlords. It is a multidimensional resource for anyone seeking insight into German and Central European culture in art, literature, linguistics, literacy, law, ethnic diversity, women, and the Bible.

Book Johannes Klenkok

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  • Author : Christopher Ocker
  • Publisher : American Philosophical Society
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 9780871698353
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Johannes Klenkok written by Christopher Ocker and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1993 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fama

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  • Author : Thelma Fenster
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2018-08-06
  • ISBN : 150171810X
  • Pages : 239 pages

Download or read book Fama written by Thelma Fenster and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medieval Europe, the word fama denoted both talk (what was commonly said about a person or event) and an individual's ensuing reputation (one's fama). Although talk by others was no doubt often feared, it was also valued and even cultivated as a vehicle for shaping one's status. People had to think about how to "manage" their fama, which played an essential role in the medieval culture of appearances.At the same time, however, institutions such as law courts and the church, alarmed by the power of talk, sought increasingly to regulate it. Christian moral discourse, literary and visual representation, juristic manuals, and court records reflected concern about talk. This book's authors consider how talk was created and entered into memory. They address such topics as fama's relation to secular law and the preoccupations of the church, its impact on women's lives, and its capacity to shape the concept of literary authorship.

Book The Continental Legal History Series

Download or read book The Continental Legal History Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Princes and Territories in Medieval Germany

Download or read book Princes and Territories in Medieval Germany written by Benjamin Arnold and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful analysis of regional power, filling a major gap in English language writing on medieval Germany.

Book Integration und Ausgrenzung

Download or read book Integration und Ausgrenzung written by Mark H. Gelber and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dieser Sammelband ist Prof. Dr. Hans Otto Horch, der in den letzten Jahrzehnten die wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung der deutsch-jüdischen Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte in großem Maße bereichert hat, anlässlich seines 65. Geburtstags gewidmet. Das weite Feld seiner Forschung spiegelt sich in den Beiträgen international renommierter Germanisten, Historiker und Kulturwissenschaftler wider, die sich mit jüdischer Identität vor dem Hintergrund der jüdisch-christlichen Beziehungen im deutschsprachigen Gebiet von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zur Gegenwart befassen.

Book Medieval Justice

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  • Author : Hunt Janin
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2009-10-15
  • ISBN : 0786445025
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Medieval Justice written by Hunt Janin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A primer on medieval justice, this book focuses on France, Germany and England and covers the thousand years between the transformation of the Roman world in Western Europe, which took place around the 4th and 5th centuries, and the European Renaissance of the 14th and 15th centuries. It highlights key elements in the intricate, overlapping legal systems of the Middle Ages and describes a wide range of contemporary laws and cases. A discussion of the modern legacies of medieval law is included, as are a brief overview of the Inquisition, the 27 articles of Joan of Arc and useful commentary on many other topics. Illustrations range from the earliest known depictions of English courts and illuminations of torture to pictures of important sites, events, and instruments of punishment in medieval law.

Book Capital and Corporal Punishment in Anglo Saxon England

Download or read book Capital and Corporal Punishment in Anglo Saxon England written by Jay Paul Gates and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2014 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anglo-Saxon authorities often punished lawbreakers with harsh corporal penalties, such as execution, mutilation and imprisonment. Despite their severity, however, these penalties were not arbitrary exercises of power. Rather, they were informed by nuanced philosophies of punishment which sought to resolve conflict, keep the peace and enforce Christian morality. The ten essays in this volume engage legal, literary, historical, and archaeological evidence to investigate the role of punishment in Anglo-Saxon society. Three dominant themes emerge in the collection. First is the shift from a culture of retributive feud to a system of top-down punishment, in which penalties were imposed by an authority figure responsible for keeping the peace. Second is the use of spectacular punishment to enhance royal standing, as Anglo-Saxon kings sought to centralize and legitimize their power. Third is the intersection of secular punishment and penitential practice, as Christian authorities tempered penalties for material crime with concern for the souls of the condemned. Together, these studies demonstrate that in Anglo-Saxon England, capital and corporal punishments were considered necessary, legitimate, and righteous methods of social control. Jay Paul Gates is Assistant Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in The City University of New York; Nicole Marafioti is Assistant Professor of History and co-director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Contributors: Valerie Allen, Jo Buckberry, Daniela Fruscione, Jay Paul Gates, Stefan Jurasinski, Nicole Marafioti, Daniel O'Gorman, Lisi Oliver, Andrew Rabin, Daniel Thomas.

Book Medieval German Literature

Download or read book Medieval German Literature written by Marion Gibbs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive survey examines Germanic literature from the eighth century to the early fifteenth century. The authors treat the large body of late-medieval lyric poetry in detail for the first time.

Book Fachsprachen

Download or read book Fachsprachen written by Lothar Hoffmann and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Stärken der Fachsprachenforschung lagen bisher in der sorgfältigen quantitativen und qualitativen Analyse umfangreicher Materialkorpora sowie in den zahlreichen Versuchen, neue linguistische Theorien und Methoden auf ihren spezifischen Untersuchungsgegenstand anzuwenden. Kritik ist daran geübt worden, daß diese Forschung keine eigene Theorie und keine selbständigen Methoden entwickelt hat. Diese Einwände wurden im Handbuch berücksichtigt. Gleichzeitig verweist das Handbuch auf noch wenige erforschte Gebiete und eröffnet so zukünftige Forschungsperspektiven. All das und noch vieles andere führte zur Formulierung der folgenden Hauptaufgaben: Schaffung eines deutlichen Bewußtseins dafür, welche vergangenen und gegenwärtigen Forschungsaktivitäten trotz unterschiedlicher Ausgangspunkte und Zielsetzungen und trotz der äußerlichen Zugehörigkeit zu anderen Disziplinen als Beiträge zur Fachsprachenforschung aufzufassen sind. Vermittlung der Einsicht in die Notwendigkeit, daß die Fachsprachenforschung eine weitestgehend konsensfähige Theorie der Fachsprachen erarbeiten muß, aus der Methoden und Forschungsprogramme abgeleitet werden können. Repräsentative Darstellung des Forschungsgegenstandes ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit, aber mit dem Ziel, theoretische Fragestellungen, Problemfelder und empirische Befunde so auszuwählen, daß vorsichtige Schlüsse vom dargestellten Teil auf das Ganze gezogen werden können. Verklammerung der Fachsprachenforschung und der Terminologiewissenschaft, auch mit Blick auf (inter-) kulturelle Spezifika. Bemühen, die einzelphilologischen Grenzen zu überschreiten. Kritische Einschätzung von Hypothesen, Methoden und ihrer Anwendung sowie der bisherigen Ergebnisse. Konzeptionelle und darstellerische Verbindung diachroner und synchroner Aspekte. Anregung, Konzeption und Perspektivierung künftiger Forschung. Unterbreitung von Angeboten für die Umsetzung in die Praxis, z.B. durch Vorschläge für die Optimierung fachlicher Kommunikation, für die Standardisierung von Terminologien und Fachtextsorten und durch Empfehlungen zu Zielen, Inhalten und Methoden der Fachsprachenausbildung. Beachtung interdisziplinärer Aspekte. Erschließung der für die Kenntnis der Fachsprachenforschung und für die sprachliche Handlungsfähigkeit im Fach wesentlichen Literatur. Dokumentation der für die Fachsprachenforschung und Terminologiewissenschaft wichtigen nationalen und internationalen Organisationen.

Book Associative Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire

Download or read book Associative Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire written by Duncan Hardy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was the Holy Roman Empire in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries? At the turning point between the medieval and early modern periods, this vast Central European polity was the continent's most politically fragmented. The imperial monarchs were often weak and distant, while a diverse array of regional actors played an autonomous role in political life. The Empire's obvious differences compared with more centralized European kingdoms have stimulated negative historical judgements and fraught debates, which have found expression in recent decades in the concepts of fractured 'territorial states' and a disjointed 'imperial constitution'. Associative Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire challenges these interpretations through a wide-ranging case study of Upper Germany — the southern regions of modern-day Germany plus Alsace, Switzerland, and western Austria — between 1346 and 1521. By examining the interactions of princes, prelates, nobles, and towns comparatively, Associative Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire demonstrates that a range of actors and authorities shared the same toolkit of technologies, rituals, judicial systems, and concepts and configurations of government. Crucially, Upper German elites all participated in leagues, alliances, and other treaty-based associations. As frameworks for collective activity, associations were a vital means of enabling and regulating warfare, justice and arbitration, and even lordship and administration. On the basis of this evidence, Associative Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire offers a new and more coherent depiction of the Holy Roman Empire as a sprawling community of interdependent elites who interacted within the framework of a shared political culture.

Book Disability and Medieval Law

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  • Author : Cory James Rushton
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2020-05-15
  • ISBN : 1527551296
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book Disability and Medieval Law written by Cory James Rushton and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disability and Medieval Law: History, Literature and Society is an intervention in the growing and complex field of medieval disability studies. The size of the field and the complexity of the subject lend themselves to the use of case studies: how a particular author imagines an injury, how a particular legal code deals with (and sometimes creates) injury to the human body. While many studies have fruitfully insisted on theoretical approaches, Disability and Medieval Law considers how medieval societies directly dealt with crime, punishment, oath-taking, and mental illness. When did medieval law take disability into account in setting punishment or responsibility? When did medieval law choose to cause disabilities? How did medieval authors use disability to discuss not only law, but social relationships and the nature of the human? The volume includes essays on topics as diverse as Francis of Assissi, Margery Kempe, La Manekine, Geoffrey Chaucer, early medieval law codes, and the definition of mental illness in English legal records, by Irina Metzler, Wendy J. Turner, Amanda Hopkins, Donna Trembinski, Marian Lupo and Cory James Rushton.