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Lyon, Jonathan Reed.

Princely brothers and sisters the sibling bond in German politics, 1100-1250 / [electronic resource] : Jonathan R. Lyon. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - xiv, 294 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The origins of twelfth-century princely lineages -- Forging the bonds between siblings : succession, inheritance and church careers -- Baby boomers : the first generation of the Staufen upper aristocracy -- Frederick Barbarossa and Henry the Lion : cousins in an age of brothers -- Cooperation, conflict and the rise of a new generation, ca. 1180-1210 -- From Bamberg to Budapest : four brothers and four sisters in the early 13th century -- The uncertain future of lineages : siblings during the reign of Frederick II.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Brothers and sisters--History--Germany--To 1500.
Nobility--History--Germany--To 1500.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--Politics and government--843-1273.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ759.96 / .L96 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.875/3094309021