Outputs (2)

The illuminated Reich: memory, crisis and the visibility of monarchy in late medieval Germany (2010)
Book Chapter
Scales, L. (2010). The illuminated Reich: memory, crisis and the visibility of monarchy in late medieval Germany. In J. Coy, B. Marschke, & D. Sabean (Eds.), The Holy Roman Empire, reconsidered (73-92). Berghahn Journals

Writing towards the close of the thirteenth century, the German polemicist Alexander von Roes returned a dismal judgement on his times. In the half century between Frederick II’s imperial coronation and the Council of Lyon in 1274, the ‘Roman Empire’... Read More about The illuminated Reich: memory, crisis and the visibility of monarchy in late medieval Germany.

Central and late medieval Europe (2010)
Book Chapter
Scales, L. (2010). Central and late medieval Europe. In D. Bloxham, & A. D. Moses (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of genocide studies (280-303). Oxford University Press

For some, genocide is Europe’s peculiar gift to the world. Others insist that, far from being atavistic, genocide is a crime of – as well as against – civilisation. Where, then, to place those centuries – between, approximately, the years 1000 and 15... Read More about Central and late medieval Europe.