Germany in the High Middle Ages opens with a wide-ranging and yet detailed description of the conditions under which men lived and their attitudes of mind during the period 1050 1200: against this background it proceeds to analyse the fundamental political, social, economic and cultural changes of the period in central Europe. Professor Fuhrmann considers the social transformation brought about by the emergence of new classes such as ministeriales and burghers, and examines the intellectual renewal reflected in the rise of scholasticism and the foundation of the universities. He also...

This second volume in the History of Mediaeval Canon Law series discusses the earliest papal decretals, covering the period from the end of the 4th century to the end of the 9th century. In contrast to earlier scholarly works, which usually skim over the beginnings of the papal decretal tradition and the earliest collections containing them, the authors begin with the first papal letters and thoroughly describe their transmission and reception into the canonical tradition up to Gratian's Decretum (1140). They examine the letters of 25 popes from Siricius (384-399), whose pontificate...

"berall ist Mittelalter" - nach seiner vielgerhmten "Einladung ins Mittelalter" (bsr 1357) ffnet uns Horst Fuhrmann jetzt die Augen fr die fortdauernde Gegenwart mittelalterlicher Prgungen: sowohl in den sichtbaren Zeugnissen wie in den inneren Einstellungen, in der Abwendung vom Mittelalter ebenso wie in seinen Verwertungen. Das ist bei Fuhrmann jedoch keine blasse These, sondern pralle, konkrete Schilderung ein Lesevergngen.