The Teutonic Order in Italy, 1190-1525 - Kristjan Toomaspoeg

The Teutonic Order in Italy, 1190-1525

Building Bridges in the Medieval World
Buch | Hardcover
202 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-15347-6 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
Between 1190 and 1525, the Teutonic Order maintained extensive possessions in Italy.
Between 1190 and 1525, the Teutonic Order (the third major military religious order after the Temple and the Hospital) maintained extensive possessions in Italy.

This volume examines the history of the Order’s Italian branch, arguing that it served as an intermediary between East and West, as well as North and South. It reflects on the reasons for the Teutonic Order’s success and the persistence of its settlement, particularly its ability to adapt to various and changing political and economic contexts, and its talent in garnering the support of the local population. Not only focusing on political, diplomatic, economic and religious history but also considering the history of art and architecture, spirituality, prosopography and everyday life, this book portrays the Teutonic Order in Italy as an example of medieval coexistence, collaboration and crossing borders.

This book will a useful study for scholars interested in Medieval Italy, cross-cultural history and the military religious orders of the medieval period.

Kristjan Toomaspoeg is Professor of Medieval History at the Università del Salento, Lecce (Italy). His research focuses on the military orders, medieval Southern Italy and frontier history. His publications include Les Teutoniques en Sicile (1197–1492) (2003), Decimae: Il sostegno economico dei sovrani alla Chiesa del Mezzogiorno nel XIII secolo (2009), and À travers le regard de l’Autre: Réflexions sur la société médiévale européenne (2018, with José Albuquerque Carreiras and Giulia Rossi Vairo).

Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgements xi

Abbreviations and Editorial Note xii

Introduction: A border crossing subject

Sources

Historiography

Part I: The Structures

Chapter 1: The settlement

The first steps

The era of Frederick II

Chapter 2: Southern Italy

Bailiwick of Sicily

Bailiwick of Apulia

Chapter 3: Northern and Central Italy

Bailiwick of Lombardy

Rome and Central Italy

Part II: Politics and Administration

Chapter 4: The rule of the grand master in Italy

The last years of Frederic II and the aftermath of his death

The Fall of Acre and its consequences

Chapter 5: The Italian branch of the Order under the rule of the master of Germany

The takeover

The way to the crisis: end of the fourteenth and first half of the fifteenth century

Chapter 6: The loss of the Order’s Italian possessions

Southern Italy

Northern Italy

Part III: Teutonic brethren and their activities in Italy

Chapter 7: The brethren

Overview

Origins and careers

Chapter 8: Spirituality and moral

Moralia

Immoralia

Chapter 9: Order’s familiars and confratres

The familiars’ institution

Collaboration with minority groups

Chapter 10: The economic strategies of the Teutonic Order

Overview

The strategies

Chapter 11: Art, architecture and everyday life

Buildings and artworks

Everyday life

Conclusion: Connecting and adapting

Bibliography

Illustrations

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The Military Religious Orders
Zusatzinfo 19 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 557 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-032-15347-4 / 1032153474
ISBN-13 978-1-032-15347-6 / 9781032153476
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