Rule and conflict in an early medieval society : Ottonian Saxony

Contents......Page 4 List of Illustrations......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 Abbreviations......Page 8 Introduction......Page 12 1 The Roots of Discord......Page 20 2 The Later Conflicts......Page 34 3 Otto I and count Liuthar of Walbeck......Page 43 4 the Aftermath of Rebellion......Page 54 5 Survival and Inheritance......Page 60 6 The Saxon Nunneries......Page 74 III Sacral Kingship......Page 86 7 The Carolingian Inheritance in Tenth-Century East Francia......Page 88 8 The Ottonians as Sacral Kings......Page 94 9 Lay Nobles and Sacrosanct Rulers......Page 107 10 The Vicarius Christi and Justice......Page 113 Epilogue......Page 128 Appendix: MS. John Rylands, 88......Page 132 Bibliography......Page 144 Notes......Page 162 Index......Page 200