This virtual special issue of German History draws together a selection of recent contributions to the journal on the subject of medieval history. These are presented alongside a new introduction from the journal's co-editors looking at the importance of medieval scholarship within the wider discipline, as well as the impact this work has had amongst researchers of later periods.
All of the articles in the issue are freely available to download until the end of September 2016.
Table of Contents
Introduction:
Medieval German History by Bridget Heal and Nick Stargardt (Co-editors, German History)
Articles:
Two Worlds Become One: A ‘Counter-Intuitive’ View of the Roman Empire and ‘Germanic’ Migration by Guy Halsall
Inauguration and political liturgy in the Hohenstaufen Empire, 1138–1215 by Johanna Dale
Urban Order and Urban Other: Anti-Waldensian Inquisition in Augsburg, 1393 by Eugene Smelyansky
The Healing Touch of a Sacred King? Convicts Surrounding a Prince in adventus Ceremonies in the Holy Roman Empire during the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries by Mikhail A. Boytsov
Forum:
Historicism Contributions from Bettina Bildhauer, Stefan Goebel, Stefan Laube, Sue Marchand, and Astrid Swenson
Review Article:
Before and After Nationes: Accounting for Medieval Peoples in Twenty-First-Century Germany by Len Scales