Town and country in early-medieval Bavaria
Subtitle: two studies in urban and comital structure
By: Carl I. Hammer
Series: BAR international series -- 2437; BAR international series -- 2437.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9781407310367
Subjects: History; Medieval Cities and towns
Description: "Using historical, topographical and archaeological evidence, this book explores the earliest history of two fundamental institutions in 9th and 10th century Bavaria: the development of the urban 'borough' and the emergence of castle-based lordship within the comital organization of the countryside, which formed the twin bases for the estate-based feudal constitution of the high Middle Ages."--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-52).
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Borough and marketplace: proto- and para-urbanism in early-medieval Bavaria; title: pt. 2. From Sheriff to Count: comital government and the "feudal transformation" in Bavaria.