Noble Bondsmen: Ministerial Marriages in the Archdiocese of Salzburg,
"A fascinating and very original book, based on an enormous amount of primary research. Freed is a leading authority on the ministerials of the Holy Roman Empire, who kept their servile status even while becoming the de facto aristocracy of their regions."--Constance Brittain Bouchard, author of "Strong of Body, Brave and Noble": Chivalry and Society in Medieval France
Freed documents the network of marriage practices among ministerials in the archdiocese of Salzburg and in the process reconstructs an important and previously unexplored chapter in the rise of the German principalities.
Author: John B. Freed
Format: Hardback, 304 pages, 235mm x 155mm, 657 g
Published: 1995, Cornell University Press, United States
Genre: Regional History
"A fascinating and very original book, based on an enormous amount of primary research. Freed is a leading authority on the ministerials of the Holy Roman Empire, who kept their servile status even while becoming the de facto aristocracy of their regions."--Constance Brittain Bouchard, author of "Strong of Body, Brave and Noble": Chivalry and Society in Medieval France
Freed documents the network of marriage practices among ministerials in the archdiocese of Salzburg and in the process reconstructs an important and previously unexplored chapter in the rise of the German principalities.