A Large-Scale Slave Society of the Early Middle Ages

Slaves and their Families in Early Medieval Bavaria

Carl I. Hammer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

162 Seiten

2002
Ashgate Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-0-7546-0750-2 (ISBN)

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This text provides an introduction the historical problem of hearly medieval slavery and a short history of Bavaria followed by an overview of the institutions and conditions of slavery based on primary documents. These documents are then provided in translation in the final section of the book.

This book is divided into three parts. The first two chapters provide an introduction to the historical problem of early medieval slavery and a short history of Bavaria to provide background information. The next six chapters deal with a series of topics, which provide a complete historical overview of the institutions and conditions of slavery. This historical analysis is based upon an extensive collection of primary documents, each referenced in the text as it occurs in the discussion. These documents are then provided in English translation in the final three chapters of the volume.

Carl I. Hammer

Contents: Preface; Historical Commentary: Introduction: The historical problem; The setting: early-medieval Bavaria; Terminology and status designations; Institutional ecology and general conditions of slavery: Agricultural organization; Dependent labor services; Marriage, the family and sexual relationships; Slaves in law and legal proceedings; Material conditions; Sources of slaves: Birth; Grant, exchange, sale and payment; Inheritance and dower; Punishment, compensation and self-enslavement; Forcible servitude and kidnaping; External trade; Warfare, slavehunting and flight; Manumission and freedmen: Ultimate slaves: Quantitative evidence; Conclusions and perspectives; Documents: Laws and decrees: Introduction; Texts; Law code; Church councils; Capitularies; Deeds, surveys and charters: Introduction; Texts; Deeds; Surveys; Charters; Historiography, hagiography and formularies: Introduction; Texts; Historiography; Hagiography; Formularies; Bibliographies.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.3.2002
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	352 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7546-0750-X / 075460750X
ISBN-13	978-0-7546-0750-2 / 9780754607502
Zustand	Neuware