Title Commemorating power in early medieval Saxony : writing and rewriting the past at Gandersheim and Quedlinburg / Sarah Greer

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 206 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in German history Studies in German history (Oxford University Press) Contents Cover -- Series_page -- Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony: Writing and Rewriting the Past at Gandersheim and Quedlinburg -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Maps and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Commemorating Power in Early Medieval Saxony -- 1: Saxon Female Monasticism c.852-1024 -- The Unique Case of Saxon Convents -- Understanding Saxon Commemoration -- Saxony, Conversion, and the Vita Canonica -- Surveying the Monastic Landscape -- 2: The Origins of Gandersheim -- Gandersheim's Relationships in the Vita Hathumodae -- The Liudolfings -- Corvey and Herford -- Gandersheim and Fulda -- Royal Protection in the Vita Hathumodae -- The Traditio of 877 -- Gandersheim's Relationships in the De obitu Hathumodae dialogus -- Becoming Royal -- 3: Rewriting the Origins of Gandersheim -- The Origin of Gandersheim in the Primordia -- Gandersheim under the Ottonians, 919-978 -- The Reign of Henry I -- The Reign of Otto I -- The Reign of Otto II -- The Motivations of the Primordia -- Sophia and the Gandersheim Conflict -- Gandersheim's Primordia -- 4: The Origins of Quedlinburg -- The Foundation of Quedlinburg -- Quedlinburg and Magdeburg -- Challenges to Royal Authority at Quedlinburg -- The Abbesses of Quedlinburg -- Dynastic Memory and Memoria -- 5: Rewriting the Origins of Quedlinburg -- Queen Mathilda and Quedlinburg in the Early Sources -- Rewriting Quedlinburg's Origins -- The Vita Mathildis Antiquior -- The VMP -- The Quedlinburg Annals -- Uncovering a Memorial Foundation -- Conclusion: Ottonian Convents as Memorial Institutions -- Bibliography -- Index Summary This title looks at how the past was evoked for political purposes under a new Saxon dynasty, the Ottonians, who came to dominate post-Carolingian Europe after 888 as the rulers of a new empire in Germany and Italy. Two convents of monastic women who played a significant role in Ottonian politics are the main focus of the book Notes This edition also issued in print: 2021 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 01, 2021) Subject Stift Gandersheim (Bad Gandersheim, Germany) -- History Stift Quedlinburg (Quedlinburg, Germany) -- History SUBJECT Stift Gandersheim (Bad Gandersheim, Germany) fast Stift Quedlinburg (Quedlinburg, Germany) fast Subject Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Germany -- Saxony -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Women and literature -- Germany -- Saxony -- History -- To 1500 Literature, Medieval -- Women authors -- History and criticism Memorialization -- Germany -- History -- To 1500 Literature, Medieval -- Women authors Memorialization Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Middle Ages Women and literature SUBJECT Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Saxon House, 919-1024. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061585 Subject Europe -- Holy Roman Empire Germany Germany -- Saxony Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191884580 0191884588 9780192590404 0192590405 9780192590411 0192590413

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