Cover illustration: Vienna, View from the North. Detail from the genealogical tree of the Babenberg family, triptych, Stiftsmuseum Klosterneuburg. Photo: IMAREAL/P. Böttcher.
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Names: Zapke, Susana, editor, author. | Gruber, Elisabeth, 1973– editor, author.
Title: A companion to medieval Vienna / edited by Susana Zapke, Elisabeth Gruber.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Brill’s companions to European history, 2212–7410 ; volume 25 | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021007386 (print) | LCCN 2021007387 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004395756 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004395763 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Vienna (Austria)—History. | Civilization, Medieval.
Classification: LCC DB852 .C66 2021 (print) | LCC DB852 (ebook) | DDC 943.6/1302—dc23
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ISSN 2212-7410
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