Author Description

The idea for the Orte der Herrschaft-Places of Power project at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Geschichte grew out of a workshop in comparative medieval history at Harvard University. Comparative presentations of Islamic, Byzantine and medieval German palaces suggested the potential interest of exploring a comparative approach in the context of the research program Repertorium der deutschen Konigspfalzen. The idea is to set the specialized work ongoing in the Repertorium against the broader comparative backdrop of the European Middle Ages.