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Germans and Poles in the Middle Ages
The Perception of the 'Other' and the Presence of Mutual Ethnic Stereotypes in Medieval Narrative Sources
Series: - Explorations in Medieval Culture, Volume: 16
This volume examines mutual ethnic and national perceptions and stereotypes in the Middle Ages by analysing a range of narrative historical sources, such as chronicles, hagiography, and literary material, with a particular focus on the mutual history of Germany and Poland. What sorts of stereotypes and prejudices existed in the Middle Ages, and how widespread were they? Or what other types of differentiating features were considered, and why?
The majority of the contributions clearly shows that medieval authors in general displayed only limited interest in the activities of neighbouring lands, and only then when it concerned their own interests â such as matters of conflict, diplomacy, or marriage â while criticism usually focused on individuals, rather than being generalised to bordering regions as a whole.
Contributors are Isabelle Chwalka, Jarochna DÄ browska-Burkhardt, Stephan Flemmig, SÅawomir Gawlas, Georg Jostkleigrewe, David Kalhous, Norbert Kersken, Paul Martin Langner, Roman MichaÅowski, Wojciech Mrozowicz, Piotr OkniÅski, Andrzej PleszczyÅski, Volker Scior, Florian M. Schmid, Marcin StarzyÅski, Adam Szweda, Kristin Skottki, Grischa Vercamer, and Thomas Wünsch.
The majority of the contributions clearly shows that medieval authors in general displayed only limited interest in the activities of neighbouring lands, and only then when it concerned their own interests â such as matters of conflict, diplomacy, or marriage â while criticism usually focused on individuals, rather than being generalised to bordering regions as a whole.
Contributors are Isabelle Chwalka, Jarochna DÄ browska-Burkhardt, Stephan Flemmig, SÅawomir Gawlas, Georg Jostkleigrewe, David Kalhous, Norbert Kersken, Paul Martin Langner, Roman MichaÅowski, Wojciech Mrozowicz, Piotr OkniÅski, Andrzej PleszczyÅski, Volker Scior, Florian M. Schmid, Marcin StarzyÅski, Adam Szweda, Kristin Skottki, Grischa Vercamer, and Thomas Wünsch.
Andrzej PleszczyÅski is Professor of Medieval European History at Maria Curie-SkÅodowska University, Lublin. He has published monographs and articles on Polish-Czech-German relations, including The Birth of a Stereotype. Polish Rulers and their Country in German Writings c. 1000 A.D. (Brill, 2011).
Grischa Vercamer is Professor for Regional Studies at Technische Universität Chemnitz. His research focuses on rulership, historiography, East Central Europe, the Holy Roman Empire, and the military orders in the Middle Ages. His publications include Hochmittelalterliche Herrschaftspraxis im Spiegel der Geschichtsschreibung. Vorstellungen von »guter« und »schlechter« Herrschaft in England, Polen und dem Reich im 12./13. Jahrhundert (Harrassowitz, 2020).
Grischa Vercamer is Professor for Regional Studies at Technische Universität Chemnitz. His research focuses on rulership, historiography, East Central Europe, the Holy Roman Empire, and the military orders in the Middle Ages. His publications include Hochmittelalterliche Herrschaftspraxis im Spiegel der Geschichtsschreibung. Vorstellungen von »guter« und »schlechter« Herrschaft in England, Polen und dem Reich im 12./13. Jahrhundert (Harrassowitz, 2020).
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Maps
1 Introduction
âAndrzej PleszczyÅski and Grischa Vercamer
2 Constructing Otherness in the Chronicles of the First Crusade
âKristin Skottki
3 Alterity and Genre: Reflections on the Construction of âNationalâ Otherness in Franco-German Contexts
âGeorg Jostkleigrewe
4 England â No Interest? How Anglo-Norman and Angevin Historians Perceived the Empire in the Twelfth Century
âIsabelle Chwalka
5 â⦠rogans eum sibi in auxilium contra superbiam Teutonicorumâ: The Imaging of âTheutoniciâ in Bohemian Medieval Sources between the Ninth and Fourteenth Centuries
âDavid Kalhous
6 The Image of the Germans and the Holy Roman Empire in Polish Historiography until the 13th Century
âAndrzej PleszczyÅski
7 The Perception of the Holy Roman Empire and Its People in the Eyes of the Polish Elites in the Middle Ages
âSÅawomir Gawlas
8 Polish Hagiographic Sources and Their View of the Germans in the Middle Ages
âRoman MichaÅowski
9 Poland and the Poles in Early and High Medieval German Historiography
âVolker Scior
10 Poland and the Polish People in Late Medieval German Historiography
âNorbert Kersken
11 Poland, Silesia, Pomerania and Prussia in the Empireâs Hagiographic Sources
âStephan Flemmig
12 Perception of Poland in Peter Suchenwirtâs Heraldic Poems: Reflections on Dependence between Assessments and Genres
âPaul Martin Langner
13 Constructions of Identities and Processes of Othering. Images of Polish Characters, Polishness and Poland and Their Roles in Medieval German Literature
âFlorian M. Schmid
14 Between Real Experience and Stereotypes: The Silesian People in the Middle Ages with Respect to Their Neighbors (in Historiographic Sources)
âWojciech Mrozowicz
15 Prussia I: â⦠und das her konng mochte werdin czu Polan, und nicht von cristinlicher libe â¦â Historians within the Teutonic Order (Ordensgeschichtsschreibung) in Prussia in the Middle Ages with Regard to Poland
âGrischa Vercamer
16 Prussia II: The Views of Late Medieval Historians in Prussia towards Poland
âAdam Szweda
17 Kraków I: âEthnicâ or âNationalâ Conflict in 14th Century Krakow?
âMarcin StarzyÅski
18 Kraków II: âAd hoc traxit me natura â¦â. Social Stereotypes in Kraków and the Rebellion of Vogt Albert of 1311â1312
âPiotr OkniÅski
19 Contemporary Stereotypes within German-Polish Relations: A Linguistic Approach
âJarochna DÄ browska-Burkhardt
20 Germans and Poles in the Middle Ages: The Perception of the âOtherâ and the Presence of Mutual Ethnic Stereotypes in Medieval Narrative Sources (10thâ15th Centuries)
âThomas Wünsch
Selected Bibliography
Index of Geographic Names and Historical (also Fictional) Persons
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Maps
1 Introduction
âAndrzej PleszczyÅski and Grischa Vercamer
PART 1: Zones of Comparison in Medieval Europe: Theory and Examples
2 Constructing Otherness in the Chronicles of the First Crusade
âKristin Skottki
3 Alterity and Genre: Reflections on the Construction of âNationalâ Otherness in Franco-German Contexts
âGeorg Jostkleigrewe
4 England â No Interest? How Anglo-Norman and Angevin Historians Perceived the Empire in the Twelfth Century
âIsabelle Chwalka
5 â⦠rogans eum sibi in auxilium contra superbiam Teutonicorumâ: The Imaging of âTheutoniciâ in Bohemian Medieval Sources between the Ninth and Fourteenth Centuries
âDavid Kalhous
part 2: Polish Views Regarding Germans in the Middle Ages â Hagiographical and Historiographical Sources
6 The Image of the Germans and the Holy Roman Empire in Polish Historiography until the 13th Century
âAndrzej PleszczyÅski
7 The Perception of the Holy Roman Empire and Its People in the Eyes of the Polish Elites in the Middle Ages
âSÅawomir Gawlas
8 Polish Hagiographic Sources and Their View of the Germans in the Middle Ages
âRoman MichaÅowski
part 3: German Views Regarding Poles in the Middle Ages â Hagiographical, Historiographical and Medieval German Literature Sources
9 Poland and the Poles in Early and High Medieval German Historiography
âVolker Scior
10 Poland and the Polish People in Late Medieval German Historiography
âNorbert Kersken
11 Poland, Silesia, Pomerania and Prussia in the Empireâs Hagiographic Sources
âStephan Flemmig
12 Perception of Poland in Peter Suchenwirtâs Heraldic Poems: Reflections on Dependence between Assessments and Genres
âPaul Martin Langner
13 Constructions of Identities and Processes of Othering. Images of Polish Characters, Polishness and Poland and Their Roles in Medieval German Literature
âFlorian M. Schmid
part 4: Regional Zones of Contact between Germans and Poles in the Middle Ages
14 Between Real Experience and Stereotypes: The Silesian People in the Middle Ages with Respect to Their Neighbors (in Historiographic Sources)
âWojciech Mrozowicz
15 Prussia I: â⦠und das her konng mochte werdin czu Polan, und nicht von cristinlicher libe â¦â Historians within the Teutonic Order (Ordensgeschichtsschreibung) in Prussia in the Middle Ages with Regard to Poland
âGrischa Vercamer
16 Prussia II: The Views of Late Medieval Historians in Prussia towards Poland
âAdam Szweda
17 Kraków I: âEthnicâ or âNationalâ Conflict in 14th Century Krakow?
âMarcin StarzyÅski
18 Kraków II: âAd hoc traxit me natura â¦â. Social Stereotypes in Kraków and the Rebellion of Vogt Albert of 1311â1312
âPiotr OkniÅski
part 5: German-Polish Stereotypes in Modern Times as a Counterpart to the Medieval Period
19 Contemporary Stereotypes within German-Polish Relations: A Linguistic Approach
âJarochna DÄ browska-Burkhardt
part 6: Conclusion
20 Germans and Poles in the Middle Ages: The Perception of the âOtherâ and the Presence of Mutual Ethnic Stereotypes in Medieval Narrative Sources (10thâ15th Centuries)
âThomas Wünsch
Selected Bibliography
Index of Geographic Names and Historical (also Fictional) Persons
All interested in the medieval history of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire (Germany).