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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- © 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
- ISSN
- 0323-4045
- eISSN
- 2304-4861
- DOI
- 10.1515/zrgg-2022-0008
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
AbstractFeudalism revisited: Denmark as a regional special or a European normal case in the Middle Ages? Research Tasks and Perspectives. In 1994, Susan Reynolds questioned the ideal type of the feudalism designed in the 19th and 20th centuries in her monograph “Fiefs and Vassals” fundamentally. While it has not been possible to refute Reynold’s theses entirely, some of their thrust could be taken from them by regional example studies. Apparently, there was a feudal system in the High Middle Ages, but with regional variants – not in the lawful pure form, as Heinrich Mitteis still held in the first half of the 20th century. The essay outlines the opportunities and perspectives of future mediaeval research on feudalism, using the promising regional case study of Denmark.
Journal
Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte Germanistische Abteilung – de Gruyter
Published: Jul 1, 2022
Keywords: feudalism; special case; regional access; lending practice; pledge system