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The volume explores the hitherto uncharted late medieval religious landscape of Northern Germany, from 13th-century Helfta to the 15th-century Lüneburg convents. The mystical and devotional writing of Northern Germany is contextualised through chapters on the Netherlands, Scandinavia and East Prussia. The seminal influence of the liturgy on these texts and their transmission is revealed in the creative interplay of Latin and Low German. Through the individual chapters and their appendices, which also contain translations into English, the reader can access a wealth of texts produced by communities of religious and lay women who write learnedly in Latin and fervently in Low German. Together, the chapters and appendices reveal a fascinating regional "mystical culture" which also reverberated across Northern Europe.

History of civilization --- Christian spirituality --- anno 1200-1499 --- Germany: North --- Mysticism --- Mysticisme --- History --- Histoire --- Germany --- Allemagne --- Church history --- Religious life and customs --- Histoire religieuse --- Vie religieuse --- Allemagne. --- Mysticism - Germany - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Mystique --- Germany - Church history - 843-1517 --- Germany - Religious life and customs - Middle Ages, 843-1517

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This book, first published in 2000, is a pioneering study of politics and society in the early Middle Ages. Whereas it is widely believed that the source materials for early medieval Europe are too sparse to allow sustained study of the workings of social and political relationships on the ground, this book focuses on a uniquely well-documented area to investigate the basis of power. Topics covered include the foundation of monasteries, their relationship with the laity, and their role as social centres; the significance of urbanism; the control of land, the development of property rights and the organization of states; community, kinship and lordship; justice and dispute settlement; the uses of the written word; violence and the feud; and the development of political structures from the Roman empire to the high Middle Ages.

Cities and towns, Medieval --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Political culture --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Local government --- Church and state --- History --- Rhine River Valley --- Germany --- France --- Social conditions --- Religious life and customs --- History. --- Social conditions. --- History of Germany and Austria --- anno 900-999 --- anno 400-499 --- anno 800-899 --- anno 500-799 --- Middle Rhine --- North Rhine-Westphalia --- -Cities and towns, Medieval --- -Elite (Social sciences) --- -Monasticism and religious orders --- -Church and state --- -Local government --- -Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Decentralization in government --- Public administration --- Christianity and state --- Separation of church and state --- State and church --- State, The --- Monachism --- Monastic orders --- Monasticism and religious orders for men --- Monasticism and religious orders of men --- Orders, Monastic --- Religious orders --- Brotherhoods --- Christian communities --- Brothers (Religious) --- Friars --- Monks --- Superiors, Religious --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Leadership --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Medieval cities and towns --- Culture --- Political science --- -History --- -Rhine River Valley --- -Germany --- Rhine Valley --- -Social conditions --- -Religious life and customs --- -Political culture --- Culture politique --- Villes médiévales --- Elite (Sciences sociales) --- Eglise et Etat --- Administration locale --- Monachisme et ordres religieux --- Histoire --- Rhin, Vallée du --- Allemagne --- Conditions sociales --- Vie religieuse --- Orders, Religious --- Weimar Republic --- Germanii︠a︡ --- Германия --- BRD --- FRN --- Jirmānīya --- جرمانيا --- Nimechchyna --- Gjermani --- Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny --- Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Ashkenaz --- Germanyah --- Bundesrepublik Deutschland --- Federal Republic of Germany --- Deutschland --- Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana --- República Federal de Alemania --- Alemania --- República de Alemania --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- KhBNGU --- ХБНГУ --- German Uls --- Germania --- Republika Federal Alemmana --- Deutsches Reich --- Grossdeutsches Reich --- Weimarer Republik --- Vācijā --- Pʻŭrangsŭ --- Frankrig --- Francja --- Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Prantsusmaa --- Francia (Republic) --- Tsarfat --- Tsorfat --- Franḳraykh --- Frankreich --- Fa-kuo --- Faguo --- Франция --- French Republic --- République française --- Peurancih --- Frankryk --- Franse Republiek --- Francland --- Frencisc Cynewīse --- فرنسا --- Faransā --- Franza --- Republica Franzesa --- Gallia (Republic) --- Hyãsia --- Phransiya --- Fransa --- Fransa Respublikası --- Franse --- Францыя --- Frantsyi︠a︡ --- Французская Рэспубліка --- Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Parancis --- Pransya --- Franis --- Francuska --- Republika Francuska --- Bro-C'hall --- Френска република --- Frenska republika --- França --- República Francesa --- Pransiya --- Republikang Pranses --- Γαλλία --- Gallia --- Γαλλική Δημοκρατία --- Gallikē Dēmokratia --- فرانسه --- Farānsah --- צרפת --- רפובליקה הצרפתית --- Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit --- פראנקרייך --- 法国 --- 法蘭西共和國 --- Falanxi Gongheguo --- フランス --- Furansu --- フランス共和国 --- Furansu Kyōwakoku --- Francija --- Ranska --- Frankrike --- Local administration --- Cities and towns [Medieval ] --- To 1500 --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- To 843 --- To 987 --- Middle Ages, 843-1517 --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Arts and Humanities --- Cities and towns, Medieval - Rhine River Valley --- Elite (Social sciences) - Rhine River Valley - History --- Political culture - Rhine River Valley - History - To 1500 --- Monasticism and religious orders - Rhine River Valley - History - Middle Ages, 600-1600 --- Local government - Rhine River Valley - History - To 1500 --- Church and state - Rhine River Valley - History - To 1500 --- Rhine River Valley - Social conditions --- Germany - History - To 843 --- France - Social conditions - To 987 --- Germany - Religious life and customs - Middle Ages, 843-1517 --- IDEES POLITIQUES --- RHIN-MEUSE (BASSIN) --- RHIN (REGION) --- MONACHISME ET ORDRES RELIGIEUX --- EGLISE ET ETAT --- HISTOIRE --- MOYEN AGE --- VILLES MEDIEVALES --- VILLES --- ALLEMAGNE