Princely brothers and sisters
Subtitle: the sibling bond in German politics, 1100/1250
By: Jonathan R. Lyon
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780801451300
Subjects: Politics and government; Brothers and sisters; Nobility; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of twelfth-century princely lineages; title: Forging the bonds between siblings : succession, inheritance and church careers; title: Baby boomers : the first generation of the Staufen upper aristocracy; title: Frederick Barbarossa and Henry the Lion : cousins in an age of brothers; title: Cooperation, conflict and the rise of a new generation, ca. 1180-1210; title: From Bamberg to Budapest : four brothers and four sisters in the early 13th century; title: The uncertain future of lineages : siblings during the reign of Frederick II.