Rezension zu: Adam J. Kosto, Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000-1200. (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 4th ser., 51.) Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. | Synapse
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Rezension zu: Adam J. Kosto, Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000-1200. (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 4th ser., 51.) Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Key Points
The review aims to analyze the role of written agreements in establishing power structures in medieval Catalonia.
Analyzes historical texts and documents related to medieval Catalonia.
Examines the significance of charters and agreements in political power dynamics.
Considers genealogical connections of rulers and their documented agreements.
Identifies authentic versus spurious charters related to Catalonia's rulers.
Demonstrates the importance of written agreements in maintaining power order in medieval society.
Abstract
extant in situ are reproduced in plate 8); and a genealogy that shows the kings from whom we have only spurious, lost, or (in a few cases) authentic charters.