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This is a print on demand publication. Contents: (I) Karl Schmid & His Critics: The Formation of Patrilineal Lineages, Georges Duby, Karl Leyser, Friedrich Prinz, Karl Bosl, Wilhelm Stormer, Patrilineal Lineages & the Investiture Conflict, The "Codex Falkensteinensis", (II) The Ancestors of Count Siboto IV, (III) Siboto IV's Knowledge of His Ancestry: Siboto's Own Presentation of His Genealogy, The Falkensteins' "Hantgemal", The Welfs' Knowled...

The Codex Falkensteinensis ist the oldest extant medieval family archive. Count Sigiboto IV of Falkenstein commissioned the codex before joining in 1166 Frederick Barbarossa's fourth Italian expedition and continued it after his return. It contains the earliest family portrait, the only book of conveyances (Traditionsbuch) from a secular lordship, the oldest accounts from the estate of a German lay lord, and the infamous "murder letter." It ha...

John B. Freed is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State University.

Compelling new biography of this towering, legendary figure of the medieval period.