Overview

Discussed here is the landscape of western Bavaria in the early-medieval period, between about 750 and 850. The title of the study derives from several indications that a noble genealogia, the Huosi, were particularly influential there during the period. Huosiland may be the best documented European landscape of this time. This is due to the extraordinary cartulary or register of deeds prepared for the diocese of Freising by the monk, Cozroh, in the second quarter of the ninth century. The first part of the study (Contexts) describes Cozroh’s codex and Huosiland and then analyzes the main political, ecclesiastical, social and economic structures and features there, based upon the available historical and archaeological evidence. The second part (Connections) explores a selection of particular issues raised by specific documents or related groups of documents from Huosiland. The third part provides all of the voluminous and highly-informative documentary evidence for Huosiland, both from Cozroh’s codex and other sources, complete in full English translation. As a result, the reader is able to construct his or her own Contexts and Connections. A full annotated Bibliography of the relevant secondary literature is included as is a complete Gazetteer of the translated documents. The publication will provide a valuable resource both for advanced teaching and for scholarly research.

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Author:   Carl I. Hammer
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Access Archaeology
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.860kg
ISBN:  

9781784917593

ISBN 10:   1784917591
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   31 January 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Part 1. Contexts: Structures and Communities; Part 1/1. Introduction; Part 1/2. Huosiland?; Part 1/3. Rule and Authority; Part 1/4. Church and Piety; Part 1/5. Economy and Society; Part 1/6. Some Interim Thoughts; Part 2. Connections: Explorations in the Sources; Part 2/1. Reading a Deed in Context: Moatbert at Zolling; Part 2/2. A Private Archive: Erchanheri the Priest at Alting; Part 2/3. A Huosi Sheriff: Reginhart at Fischen; Part 2/4. Huosi Homelands? Sulzemoos and Landsberied; Part 2/5. Bishop’s Official and Family Man: Piligrim at Allershausen; Part 2/6. Pious Women: Cotania and Engilsnot at Rottbach; Deota and Hiltimari; Part 2/7. Some Final Thoughts; Part 3: Secondary References and Further Reading; Part 4. Translations: Sources for Huosiland; Part 5. Gazetteer of Huosiland Places in the Translated Document; Map and Exhibits

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Carl Hammer graduated from Amherst College (B.A.) and the University of Toronto (Ph.D.). He has also studied and conducted research at the universities of Munich, Chicago and Oxford. After a brief teaching career, he spent the balance of his professional life in international business with Westinghouse Corporation and the former Rail Systems Division of Daimler Benz. He is now retired. He has published four other scholarly monographs on early-medieval Bavaria, two of them with Archaeopress, and numerous articles in North American and European academic journals. He and his wife live in Pittsburgh but spend several months each year in Easthampton, MA, where he has acquired a new research interest in the Puritans of the Connecticut Valley and colonial western Massachusetts.

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