Description
Book SynopsisThe Vogtland is an old cultural landscape that includes parts of today’s German states of Thuringia, Saxony, and Bavaria, as well as parts of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. Over a period of centuries the dynasty of the Reeves of Weida, Gera and Plauen left its mark on the region, developing it economically and culturally on behalf of the Holy Roman Emperor. Copiously illustrated, The Reeves’ Progress traces routes through the largely unresearched territory of late medieval Vogtland. In a topographic journey it explores the old domains of the reeves before drawing the strands together in a thematic treatment. The book takes in the estates and churches, religious houses and sacred art of the region, examines the impact of the Teutonic Order, and introduces the reader to key monuments of pre-modern municipal and economic history.
Table of ContentsThe Vogtland of the Reeves
From Greiz to Gera
Around Gera
In the Cradle of the Vogtland
Along the Western Boundary
Along the Saale through the Territory of the Reeves of Gera
The Reeves of Weidain the Regnitzland
Friends, Allies, Adversaries: Franconian Nobility in the Regnitzland
Around Plauen
Plauen
Along the Eastern Boundary
From the Vogtsbergto the Asch Land(Assko: As Panhandle)
The Reeves in Bohemia
In the Old Imperial City of Eger (Cheb) The Reeves of Plauen in the Egerland
In the Footsteps of the Teutonic Order
Churches of the Vogtland
Saints and Pilgrimages
Houses of the Mendicant Orders
Castles and Castle Ruins
Manorial Estates and Barbicans
Schlosser in the Vogtland
Courtly Culture
The Women of the Reeves
From Medieval Scriptoria
Sacred Art of the Middle Ages
From Town to Town: Markets - Walls - Self-Government
Traces of Pre-Modern Economic History
Schooling and Education in the Pre-Reformation Vogtland
Helping, Healing, Nursing: Traces of Medieval Hospitals in the Vogtland
