Huosiland : a small country in Carolingian Europe

Discussed here is the landscape of western Bavaria in the early-medieval period, between about 750 and 850. The title of the study derives from several indications that a noble genealogia, the Huosi, were particularly influential there during the period. Huosiland may be the best documented European landscape of this time. This is due to the extraordinary cartulary or register of deeds prepared for the diocese of Freising by the monk, Cozroh, in the second quarter of the ninth century. The first part of the study (Contexts) describes Cozroh’s codex and Huosiland and then analyzes the main political, ecclesiastical, social and economic structures and features there, based upon the available historical and archaeological evidence. The second part (Connections) explores a selection of particular issues raised by specific documents or related groups of documents from Huosiland. The third part provides all of the voluminous and highly-informative documentary evidence for Huosiland, both from Cozroh’s codex and other sources, complete in full English translation. As a result, the reader is able to construct his or her own Contexts and Connections. A full annotated Bibliography of the relevant secondary literature is included as is a complete Gazetteer of the translated documents. The publication will provide a valuable resource both for advanced teaching and for scholarly research. Table of Contents Preface Part 1. Contexts: Structures and Communities Part 1/1. Introduction Part 1/2. Huosiland? Part 1/3. Rule and Authority Part 1/4. Church and Piety Part 1/5. Economy and Society Part 1/6. Some Interim Thoughts Part 2. Connections: Explorations in the Sources Part 2/1. Reading a Deed in Context: Moatbert at Zolling Part 2/2. A Private Archive: Erchanheri the Priest at Alting Part 2/3. A Huosi Sheriff: Reginhart at Fischen Part 2/4. Huosi Homelands? Sulzemoos and Landsberied Part 2/5. Bishop’s Official and Family Man: Piligrim at Allershausen Part 2/6. Pious Women: Cotania and Engilsnot at Rottbach Deota and Hiltimari Part 2/7. Some Final Thoughts Part 3: Secondary References and Further Reading Part 4. Translations: Sources for Huosiland Part 5. Gazetteer of Huosiland Places in the Translated Document Map and Exhibits iscussed here is the landscape of western Bavaria in the early-medieval period, between about 750 and 850. The title of the study derives from several indications that a noble genealogia, the Huosi, were particularly influential there during the period. Huosiland may be the best documented European landscape of this time. This is due to the extraordinary cartulary or register of deeds prepared for the diocese of Freising by the monk, Cozroh, in the second quarter of the ninth century. The first part of the study (Contexts) describes Cozroh’s codex and Huosiland and then analyzes the main political, ecclesiastical, social and economic structures and features there, based upon the available historical and archaeological evidence. The second part (Connections) explores a selection of particular issues raised by specific documents or related groups of documents from Huosiland. The third part provides all of the voluminous and highly-informative documentary evidence for Huosiland, both from Cozroh’s codex and other sources, complete in full English translation. As a result, the reader is able to construct his or her own Contexts and Connections. A full annotated Bibliography of the relevant secondary literature is included as is a complete Gazetteer of the translated documents. The publication will provide a valuable resource both for advanced teaching and for scholarly research. Carl Hammer graduated from Amherst College (B.A.) and the University of Toronto (Ph.D.). He has also studied and conducted research at the universities of Munich, Chicago and Oxford. After a brief teaching career, he spent the balance of his professional life in international business with Westinghouse Corporation and the former Rail Systems Division of Daimler Benz. He is now retired. He has published three other scholarly monographs on early-medieval Bavaria, two of them with Archaeopress, and numerous articles in North American and European academic journals. He and his wife live in Pittsburgh but spend several months each year in Easthampton, MA, where he has acquired a new research interest in the Puritans of the Connecticut Valley and colonial western Massachusetts. Cover 1 Title Page 2 Copyright Information 4 Copyright Information 4 Contents 5 Preface 7 Part 1. Contexts: Structures and Communities 13 Part 1/1. Introduction 13 Part 1/2. Huosiland? 19 Part 1/3. Rule and Authority 26 Part 1/4. Church and Piety 36 Part 1/5. Economy and Society 51 Part 1/6. Some Interim Thoughts 61 Part 2. Connections: Explorations in the Sources 65 Part 2/1. Reading a Deed in Context: Moatbert at Zolling 65 Part 2/2. A Private Archive: Erchanheri the Priest at Alting 71 Part 2/3. A Huosi Sheriff: Reginhart at Fischen 75 Part 2/4. Huosi Homelands? Sulzemoos and Landsberied 79 Part 2/5. Bishop’s Official and Family Man: Piligrim at Allershausen 82 Part 2/6. Pious Women: Cotania and Engilsnot at Rottbach; Deota and Hiltimari 87 Part 2/7. Some Final Thoughts 90 Part 3: Secondary References and Further Reading 91 Part 4. Translations: Sources for Huosiland 101 A. Miscellaneous Documents 101 B. Freising Deeds 106 Part 5. Gazetteer of Huosiland Places in the Translated Document 253 Exhibits 255 Back Cover 262 Bavaria,early-Medieval,Huosiland,deeds,monks,manuscripts This volume studies the landscape of western Bavaria in the early-medieval period, between about 750 and 850 AD. The title of the study derives from several indications that a noble genealogia, the Huosi, were particularly influential there during the period. Huosiland may be the best documented European landscape of this time.