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Acquisition of basic skills for dealing with historic sources and presentations of the Middle Ages as well as skills in presenting the newly acquired knowledge orally as well as in writing. Acquisition of basic knowledge and application of relevant methods aiding scientific research.

The German Throne Dispute between Philipp of Swabia and Otto IV. is a central event in the history of the medieval Holy Roman Empire. From the double-election 1198 to the battle of Bouvines 1214 the conflict not only transformed the constitution of the Empire but also changed the relations of the great European monarchies.

The lecture tends to trace the history of the conflict in it’s European dimensions and to analyze it’s impact on the political structure of the Empire. By examining sources of different kind mechanisms of waging conflict and concluding peace as well as the role of the princes will be outlined. The papacy under Innocenz III and crucial ideas and concepts will also be taken into account. The versatile aspects of medieval research are to be illustrated by means of different approaches.

Reading of specialized literature, joint discussion and working with medieval sources. Part of the work assignments will be elaborated in small groups.

Regular participation in the seminar, contribution in class (discussion and presentation), short treatise, written exam.

Peter Csendes, Die Doppelwahl von 1198 und ihre europäischen Dimensionen, in: Florian Schuller, Werner Hechberger (Hgg.), Staufer und Welfen. Zwei rivalisierende Dynastien im Hochmittelalter, Regensburg 2009, S. 156–171.

Klaus van Eickels, Otto IV. (1198-1218) und Philipp (1198-1208), in: Bernd Schneidmüller, Stefan Weinfurter (Hgg.), Die deutschen Herrscher des Mittelalters. Historische Portraits von Heinrich I. bis Maximilian I., München 2003, S. 273–292.

Friedrich Kempf, Innocenz III. und der Deutsche Thronstreit, in: Archivum Historiae Pontificiae 23 (1985), S. 63–91.

Stefanie Mamsch, Kommunikation in der Krise. Könige und Fürsten im deutschen Thronstreit (1198-1218), Münster 2012.

Andrea Rzihacek, Renate Spreitzer (Hgg.), Philipp von Schwaben: Beiträge der internationalen Tagung anlässlich seines 800. Todestages, Wien, 29.-30. Mai 2008 (Forschungen zur Geschichte des Mittelalters 19 / Denkschriften. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 399), Wien 2010.

Positive assessment of compulsory module 1

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