Family Commrc Relig London Cologne: Anglo-German Emigrants, c.1000-c.1300 - Couverture souple

Huffman, Joseph P.

 
9780521521932: Family Commrc Relig London Cologne: Anglo-German Emigrants, c.1000-c.1300

Synopsis

This book explores the contacts between England and Cologne during the central Middle Ages.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book explores the full range of social, economic, religious and cultural contacts between England and the German city of Cologne during the central Middle Ages, c.1000 to c.1300. A wealth of original archive material reveals an extensive network of English and German emigrants who were surprisingly successful in achieving assimilation into their new homeland. From beguines to English sterling, pilgrims to emigrants, crusaders and merchants to teachers, there existed a complex world of Anglo-German associations. The book therefore maintains the thesis that the Anglo-German nexus should be given a higher profile in current historiography on the Middle Ages, and that the book should stand as a contribution towards the reconfiguration of medieval history away from the boundaries created by modern political and intellectual categories. It will also encourage historians to reconsider their basic assumptions about what constituted 'medieval Europe'.

Revue de presse

"...this is a book that ought to interest a very wide range of students of medieval history. A wide range of activity is discussed and a very broad variety of source material used. This careful collection of material shows just how important Germans, and especially the men of Cologne, were during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in the economic, social, and political life of England. There is much fascinating material, but above all the analysis provides a much sharper perspective on the whole gamut of Anglo-German relations." American Historical Review

"...this commendable effort is clearly focused and meticulously researched, its arguments sound." James D. Mixson, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521632928: Family, Commerce, and Religion in London and Cologne: Anglo-German Emigrants, c.1000–c.1300

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521632927 ISBN 13 :  9780521632928
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1998
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