Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 081223796X ISBN 13: 9780812237962
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Verlag: UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA PR, 2004
ISBN 10: 081223796X ISBN 13: 9780812237962
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. Applies approaches to literacy, legal studies, memory, ritual, and the manorial economy to reexamine the transformation of medieval power. This book opens up perspectives on problems of power, in particular the idea and practice of accountability.&U.
Verlag: BOYDELL PR, 2022
ISBN 10: 1783276916 ISBN 13: 9781783276912
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. A close analysis of forgeries and historical writings at Saint Peter s, Ghent Saint-Denis near Paris and Christ Church, Canterbury, offering valuable access to why medieval people often rewrote their pasts.Über den AutorRobert.
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1783276916 ISBN 13: 9781783276912
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A close analysis of forgeries and historical writings at Saint Peter's, Ghent; Saint-Denis near Paris; and Christ Church, Canterbury, offering valuable access to why medieval people often rewrote their pasts.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Mai 2005, 2005
ISBN 10: 0754651061 ISBN 13: 9780754651062
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume explores the experience of power in medieval Europe. The seventeen essays range geographically from England in the north to Castile in the south, and chronologically from the 10th century to the 14th, and address a series of specific topics in institutional, social, religious, cultural, and intellectual history. Taken together, they present three distinct ways of discussing power in a medieval historical context: uses of power, relations of power, and discourses of power.
Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 081223796X ISBN 13: 9780812237962
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Day of ReckoningPower and Accountability in Medieval FranceRobert F. Berkhofer III'Pointing to monastic management as a kind of workshop for the new administrative techniques used later by the centralized monarchies, Day of Reckoning is at once learned, intelligent, and original. Medievalists as well as those interested in the development of management in history should read this book with considerable interest and pleasure.'--Alain Boureau, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales'Interesting and wide-ranging. . . . The book is well-structured, lucidly written, and based on considerable research in original sources.'--Early Medieval EuropeDay of Reckoning: Power and Accountability in Medieval France applies recent approaches to literacy, legal studies, memory, ritual, and the manorial economy to reexamine the transformation of medieval power. Highlighting the relationship of archives and power, it draws on the rich documentary sources of five of the largest Benedictine monasteries in northern France and Flanders, with comparisons to others, over a period of nearly four centuries. The book opens up new perspectives on important problems of power, in particular the idea and practice of accountability. In a violent society, medieval lords tried to delegate power rather than share it--to get their men to prosecute justice or raise money legitimately, rather than through extortion and pillage. Robert F. Berkhofer III explains how subordinates were held accountable by abbots administering the extensive holdings of Saint-Bertin, Saint-Denis, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Saint-Père-de-Chartres, and Saint-Vaast-d'Arras. As the abbots began to discipline their agents and monitor their conduct, the 'day of reckoning' took on new meaning, as customary meeting days were used to hold agents accountable. By 1200, written and unwritten techniques of rule developed in the monasteries had moved into the secular world; in these practices lay the origins of administration, bureaucratic power, and governance, all hallmarks of the modern state.Robert F. Berkhofer III teaches history at Western Michigan University.The Middle Ages Series2004 | 280 pages | 6 x 9ISBN 978-0-8122-3796-2 | Cloth | $65.00s | £42.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0126-0 | Elektronisches Buch | $65.00s | £42.50 World Rights | History, Business.