The shaping of German identity : authority and crisis, 1245-1414

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The shaping of German identity : authority and crisis, 1245-1414

Len Scales

Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-601) and index

Contents: Introduction : German questions -- 1. Modern history : inventing the medieval German nation -- 2. Ruled out : monarchy, government and 'state' in Germany -- 3. Realm of imagination : communicating power after the Hohenstaufen -- 4. Shades of a kingdom: in search of a German political community -- 5. The matter of Rome : universalising political identities -- 6. Roman empire, German nation : the German imperial tradition -- 7. Trojans, Giants and other Germans : peoplehoods forgotten, remembered and relocated -- 8. Rome's Barbarians : accounting for the Germans -- 9. East : applying identities -- 10. Being German (I) : place and name -- 11. Being German (II) : language and locality -- Conclusion : Endings and beginnings

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