The Flight and Fall of the Eagle A History of Medieval Germany 800-1648 / John R. Sommerfeldt.
| Author/creator | Sommerfeldt, John R. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Maryland : Hamilton Books, An Imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] |
| Description | xii, 198 pages : map ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | History of medieval Germany, 800-1648 |
| Contents | The eagle is born -- Restoring the Roman Empire -- Growing peace and prosperity -- A vision of Christendom -- Reform and imperial theocracy -- The construction of a state -- Apogee of empire -- The investiture conflict -- The great settlement -- Kings, Cistercians, and crusades -- The red-bearded ruler -- The flowering of Medieval German literature -- The turning point -- Political reconstitution -- The late medieval laity -- Thirteenth-century friars and holy women -- Fourteenth-century spiritual leaders -- The failure of the institutional church -- The Cusanus -- The death of the eagle. |
| Abstract | "In addition to tracing the political, cultural and religious history of medieval Germany, this volume examines the thought of outstanding German men and women, and includes an extensive account of the changing status of German Jews."--Cover page [4]. |
| General note | Includes indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016948978 |
| ISBN | 0761868380 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780761868385 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | (electronic) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |