The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100-1350 : Essays by German Historians / edited by Graham A. Loud and Jochen Schenk, in association with the German Historical Institute London.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-392) and index.

Section A: Introductory essays -- A political and social revolution: the development of the territorial principalities in Germany / Graham A. Loud -- The growth of princely authority: themes and problems / J�org Rogge -- Section B: Forms and structures of power -- Princely lordship in the reign of Frederick Barbarossa: an historiographical analysis / Werner Hechberger -- Urban lordships / Gabriel Zeilinger -- The imperial town: the example of Nuremberg / Carla Meyer-Schlenkrich -- Forms and structures of power: ecclesiastical lordship / Andreas Bihrer -- Foundations and forms of princely lordship: the Archbishopric of Mainz / Joachim Schneider -- Eichst�att: Abbey, Diocese, Lordship / Helmut Flachenecker -- Strategies of power -- Marriage and inheritance / Karl-Heinz Spiess -- The propaganda of power: memoria, history, patronage / Stefan Tebruck -- Violence, feud, and peacemaking / Christine Reinle -- The geography of power -- Centres and peripheries of power / Paul-Joachim Heinig -- The territorial principalities in Lotharingia / Michel Margue and Michel Pauly -- The rise of the Wettins / Andr�e Thieme -- Saxony after 1180 / Arnd Reiatemeier -- Pomerania, Mecklenburg and the "Baltic frontier": adaptation and alliances / Oliver Uge -- Section E: The consolidation, expansion and disruption of power -- The Z�ahringer in Swabia and Burgundy / Thomas Zotz -- A success story: Brandenburg in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries / Lutz Partenheimer -- The Babenbergs: frontier march to principality / Christina Lutter -- Shaping a dominion: Habsburg beginnings / Martina Stercken -- Appendix: Selected primary sources.