The Construction of Ottonian Kingship : : Narratives and Myth in Tenth-Century Germany / / Antoni Grabowski.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Grabowski, Antoni,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Intellectual and Political History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

German historians long assumed that the German Kingdom was created with Henry the Fowler's coronation in 919. The reigns of both Henry the Fowler, and his son Otto the Great, were studied and researched mainly through Widukind of Corvey's chronicle Res Gestae Saxonicae. There was one source on Ottonian times that was curiously absent from most of the serious research: Liudprand of Cremona's Antapodosis. The study of this chronicle leads to a reappraisal of the tenth century in Western Europe showing how mythology of the dynasty was constructed. By looking at the later reception (through later Middle Ages and then on 19th and 20th century historiography) the author showcases the longevity of Ottonian myths and the ideological expressions of the tenth century storytellers.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Citations -- Introduction -- Part I The Making of a King -- 1. Henry I at Fritzlar 919 -- 2. Otto I at Aachen 936 -- Part II King and his Kingdom -- 3. How Henry I Subjugated the Kingdom without Bloodshed -- 4. Otto I and the Rebellion of 937-939 -- Part III War Against Heathens as a Road to Empire -- 5. How Hungarians were Defeated by the Ottonians -- 6. The Holy Lance -- Conclusions -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index