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Governance of a Distant Province in the Middle Ages : Case Study on Upper Lusatia /

Governance of outlying provinces of the early and high medieval polities was never a favorite topic for either medieval chronicles or modern medievalists. The book "Governance of a Distant Province in the Middle Ages: Case Study on Upper Lusatia" by Krzysztof Fokt aims at exploring this pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fokt, Krzysztof (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open, [2017]
Subjects:
History of Eastern Europe.
Middle Ages.
Moyen Âge.
HISTORY / Medieval.
Middle Ages
Studie
Archäologie
Geschichte
Mittelalter
Numismatik
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Conventions of writing proper names
  • 1 A distant province as a challenge: an extreme case study on Upper Lusatia
  • 2 The borderland is born: short but turbulent history of the Milčane and the Besunzane
  • 3 On the fringe of the Empire: Milsko (Upper Lusatia) in the web of political and military interactions (circa 987/990-1156)
  • 4 The structural framework of governance
  • 5 Local infrastructure of governance: behind and besides the ramparts of ringforts
  • 6 A remote province: a chance, a challenge or a burden?
  • 7 Appendices
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Summaries
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Index