Governance of a Distant Province in the Middle  Ages: Case Study on Upper Lusatia

Krzysztof Fokt

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2017

Governance of a Distant Province in the Middle Ages

Case Study on Upper Lusatia

Krzysztof Fokt

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110569315

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About this book

Governance of outlying provinces of the early and high medieval polities was never a favorite topic for either medieval chronicles or modern medievalists. The book “Governance of a Distant Province in the Middle Ages: Case Study on Upper Lusatia” by Krzysztof Fokt aims at exploring this problem in a form of an “extreme case study”. The region chosen for closer analysis is Upper Lusatia, which in the tenth through twelfth century was the furthest pertinence of German kings in the Slavic world and for some time also a distant province of other polities: Poland and Bohemia.
The study has been based upon both written and material (archeological and numismatic) evidence, and tries to write some passages of the history of the chosen region anew, without applying the stereotypes present in the three national historiographies engaged (the German, the Czech and the Polish).
The main objectives of the book are to identify and comment on the means that were used to effectively govern a distant province and to recognize the factors which influenced the strategies applied by particular monarchs and territorial rulers. Substantial part of the work is also a detailed analysis of the infrastructure of governance, based upon written and material evidence from the eastern part Upper Lusatia (at present divided between Poland and Germany).

Preparation and publication of this book was financially supported by the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. Publication of this book was subsidized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland through the National Program for Development of Humanities (NPRH) in the years 2016–2017.

NPRH

The book brings new results which are valuable as such and as analogies in the not much popular field of studying how the local government functioned away from rulers and bishops in the Middle Ages.

Author / Editor information

Krzysztof Fokt, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Preface Open Access Download PDF	XI
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	XII
Conventions of writing proper names Open Access Download PDF	XIII
1 A distant province as a challenge: an extreme case study on Upper Lusatia Open Access Download PDF	1
2 The borderland is born: short but turbulent history of the Milčane and the Besunzane Open Access Download PDF	20
3 On the fringe of the Empire: Milsko (Upper Lusatia) in the web of political and military interactions (ca. 987/990–1156) Open Access Download PDF	47
4 The structural framework of governance Open Access Download PDF	87
5 Local infrastructure of governance: behind and besides the ramparts of ringforts Open Access Download PDF	118
6 A remote province: a chance, a challenge or a burden? Open Access Download PDF	174
7 Appendices Open Access Download PDF	190
List of Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	219
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	220
Summaries Open Access Download PDF	246
List of Tables Open Access Download PDF	283
List of Figures Open Access Download PDF	284
Index Open Access Download PDF	286

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Audience: Historians and students interested in history of the Middle Ages
Pages
- Main content: 310
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 14
- Coloured Illustrations: 17
- Tables: 6

eBook

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9783110569315

Hardcover

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9783110569285