IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 307: Regional History as a Decisive Indicator of Social Change: Franconia in the Middle Ages

Sponsor:	Lehrstuhl für Fränkische Landesgeschichte, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Organiser:	John D. Young, Department of Humanities, Flagler College, Florida
Moderator/Chair:	Helmut Flachenecker, Institut für Geschichte, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg / Projekt 'Germania Sacra', Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
Paper 307-a	A Fruitful Partnership: Jews and the Canons of St Kilian in 12th-Century Würzburg (Language: English) John D. Young, Department of Humanities, Flagler College, Florida Index terms: Economics - Urban, Local History, Religious Life
Paper 307-b	Outsiders and Locals: Urban Classes in the Imperial City of Rothenburg (Language: English) Markus Naser, Institut für Geschichte, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Index terms: Local History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History
Paper 307-c	Peasants and Citizens: The Peasants' War of 1525 (Language: English) Benjamin Heidenreich, Institut für Geschichte, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Index terms: Local History, Social History
Abstract	This session uses the lens of regional history to track important historical trends in the medieval Reich. Using the region of Franconia as a case study, the presenters will explore such topics as relations between Jews and Christians, politics of burghers in imperial cities, and conflict between lords and peasants.