Sverre Bagge, Ph.D. (1980) in History, University of Bergen, is Professor of History at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has published on medieval political and intellectual history, including Society and Politics in Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla (The University of California Press, 1991).

• AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction1. Widukind of Corvey, Res gestae Saxonicae2. Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon3. Wipo, Gesta Chuonradi4. Lampert of Hersfeld, Annales5. Vita Heinrici IV6. Otto of Freising, Gesta FredericiConclusion: From Germanic Chieftain to Christian Rex IustusSourcesLiteratureIndex of Names and PlacesIndex of Subjects

'Bagge’s approach has many virtues: not least, he has made accessible a good deal of German-language scholarship to the Anglophone world. His book is both an impressive work of synthesis and makes its own contribution to an ongoing debate.'Sarah Hamilton, Speculum, 2004.'...interesting and thought-provoking.'John W. Bernhardt, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2003.

Sverre Bagge, Ph.D. (1980) in History, University of Bergen, is Professor of History at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has published on medieval political and intellectual history, including Society and Politics in Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla (The University of California Press, 1991).

• AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction1. Widukind of Corvey, Res gestae Saxonicae2. Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon3. Wipo, Gesta Chuonradi4. Lampert of Hersfeld, Annales5. Vita Heinrici IV6. Otto of Freising, Gesta FredericiConclusion: From Germanic Chieftain to Christian Rex IustusSourcesLiteratureIndex of Names and PlacesIndex of Subjects

'Bagge’s approach has many virtues: not least, he has made accessible a good deal of German-language scholarship to the Anglophone world. His book is both an impressive work of synthesis and makes its own contribution to an ongoing debate.'Sarah Hamilton, Speculum, 2004.'...interesting and thought-provoking.'John W. Bernhardt, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2003.

Sverre Bagge, Ph.D. (1980) in History, University of Bergen, is Professor of History at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has published on medieval political and intellectual history, including Society and Politics in Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla (The University of California Press, 1991).

• AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction1. Widukind of Corvey, Res gestae Saxonicae2. Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon3. Wipo, Gesta Chuonradi4. Lampert of Hersfeld, Annales5. Vita Heinrici IV6. Otto of Freising, Gesta FredericiConclusion: From Germanic Chieftain to Christian Rex IustusSourcesLiteratureIndex of Names and PlacesIndex of Subjects

'Bagge’s approach has many virtues: not least, he has made accessible a good deal of German-language scholarship to the Anglophone world. His book is both an impressive work of synthesis and makes its own contribution to an ongoing debate.'Sarah Hamilton, Speculum, 2004.'...interesting and thought-provoking.'John W. Bernhardt, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2003.