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Wolfram, H: Konrad II. - Softcover

 
9783406694479: Wolfram, H: Konrad II.

Synopsis

Featuring Konrad II. (1024-1039) begins the century of the Salians. Under his rule, the empire thought triumphs, the "German imperial glory" reaches its climax. He adds Burgundy to the Imperial territory and thus becomes the first emperor of three empires. At the same time, he has expanded the internal political foundations of imperial power and also brought the full weight of his position to the pope, clergy and abbots in church politics. Hardly any other emperor of the High Middle Ages possesses this amazing political assertiveness.

In his biography Konrads II. Herwig Wolfram explores the reasons for the success of the first Salier. The internationally renowned mediaevist sees Konrad as an almost modern politician who possessed the ability to use predetermined state, social structures to enforce one's own rule and marginalize the opposition. Konrad and his wife Gisela, whose influential role as the closest counselor of the emperor Wolfram, thus gain new and at the same time familiar traits. With sovereign source knowledge and performing art, this book tells the story of the emperor and his glamorous era.

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