https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/9663 Open Access Zweitveröffentlichungen der Reihe Studien zu Macht und Herrschaft Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:57:09 GMT 2026-04-17T15:57:09Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/14092 Perduring protest? Crone, Thomas; Bohlen, Felix; Fahr, Paul; L'Haridon, Béatrice; Wiens, Eugen; Schwermann, Christian Crone, Thomas; Fahr, Paul; Schwermann, Christian Early Chinese inscriptions show that already the kings of the Western Zhou period (1045–771 BCE) called upon officials to submit remonstrances. However, it was not until the Warring States period (fifth century BCE to 221 BCE) that remonstrance was explained to mean that monarchical rule would be optimized if officials could object to the monarch's decisions. This book examines the history of remonstrance in China from conceptual, institutional, literary, and comparative perspectives, pointing out parallels to European institutions and the expression of dissent in modern China. Special attention is paid to the historical semantics of remonstrance, the strategies and intentions of remonstrants, and the perspective of the rulers who instrumentalized criticism to pursue their own goals. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/14092 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/14091 Funktionale Differenzierung königlicher Herrschaft und die Bildung neuer Eliten im Japan des 12. bis 14. Jahrhunderts Taranczewski, Detlev; Werner, Christian; Kondo, Shigekazu; Nishita, Tomohiro; Czerkawski, Szymon; Jinno, Kiyoshi; Horikawa, Yasufumi; Schley, Daniel Taranczewski, Detlev; Werner, Christian Im frühen Mittelalter nimmt die Herrschaftsverfassung Japans zunehmend komplexe Züge an. Um die Machtzentren Hof und Shogunat gruppieren sich alte und neue Eliten. Parallel bilden sich komplex gestaffelte Rechte am Boden und seinen Erträgen heraus. Die wachsenden Konflikte zwischen und innerhalb dieser noch fluiden Figurationen resultieren in neuen Formen gerichtlicher oder gar militärischer Regelung durch Herrschaftsinstanzen, die ihrerseits unter fortwährendem Anpassungsdruck stehen. Zu den konfliktregulierenden Funktionen von Herrschaft treten solche einer Agrarpolitik auf verschiedenen Ebenen, die nicht nur den aus militärischen Konflikten entstandenen Schäden, sondern auch den laufenden Erfordernissen einer wesentlich auf Nassreisanbau basierenden Agrikultur Rechnung zu tragen haben.; In early medieval Japan, the political constitution displays increasingly complex features: both old and new elites gather around two centers of power, the imperial court and the shogunate. At the same time, multi-layered rights over property and income develop. The proliferation of conflicts between and within these fluid figurations eventuate new forms of legal and military regulation by the ruling authorities, who are thus compelled to commit to a cycle of continual adaption. In addition to the conflict-mediating functions of authority, agricultural policies on multiple levels emerge that have to take into account not only the damages incurred in the wake of military escalations, but also the fixed demands of an agriculture rooted in wet rice cultivation. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/14091 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/11484 Relations of Power Bérat, Emma O.; Hardie, Rebecca; Dumitrescu, Irina Women’s networks – their relations with other women, men, objects and place – were a source of power in various European and neighbouring regions throughout the Middle Ages. This interdisciplinary volume considers how women’s networks, and particularly women’s direct and indirect relationships to other women, constituted and shaped power from roughly 300 to 1700 AD. The essays in this collection juxtapose scholarship from the fields of archaeology, art history, literature, history and religious studies, drawing on a wide variety of source types. Their aim is to highlight not only the importance of networks in understanding medieval women’s power but also the different ways these networks are represented in medieval sources and can be approached today. This volume reveals how women’s networks were widespread and instrumental in shaping political, familial and spiritual legacies. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/11484 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/11483 Wie das Leben so der Tod Janßen, Mike Der Tod des Herrschers war zu allen Zeiten ein bedeutsames Ereignis, welches entsprechenden Niederschlag in der Historiographie gefunden hat. Selten jedoch wurden die Berichte über das Ableben der Mächtigen wertfrei verfasst. Chronisten nutzten die Schilderung des Sterbens, um den guten Herrscher zu rühmen oder den schlechten zu verdammen. Den Historiographen oblagen die religiöse Deutung und damit auch die Wertung der zu Lebzeiten erbrachten Taten des Verstorbenen. Bei der Beschreibung bediente man sich dabei antiker und biblischer Vorbilder. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Sterbedarstellungen von Herrschern vom 6. Jahrhundert und dem Tode Chlodwigs I. bis hin zu Lothar von Süpplingenburg im 12. Jahrhundert.; The death of a ruler has always been a significant event, which has found corresponding expression in historiography. Rarely were these reports on the death of the powerful written in a value-free manner. Chroniclers used the description of the death to praise the good ruler or to condemn the bad one. Historiographers were responsible for the religious interpretation and thus also the evaluation of the deceased’s deeds during his lifetime. The description of dying was based on ancient and biblical models. This study examines the depictions of the deaths of rulers from the 6th century and the death of Clovis I to Lothar of Süpplingenburg in the 12th century. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/11483 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z