Proceedings of a workshop held in Apr. 2009 at the University of Bayreuth and of a session of the International Medieval Congress held in July 2009 in Leeds, England.

Includes bibliographical references.

English and German.

In medieval Europe, the death of a king could not only cause a dispute about the succession, but also a severe crisis. In times of a vacant throne particular responsibility fell to the bishops - whose general importance for the time around the first milennium has been revealed by recent scholarship - as royal counsellors and policy makers. This volume therefore concentrates on the bishops' room for manoeuvre and the patterns of episcopal power, focusing on the Eastern Frankish Reich and Anglo-Saxon England in a comparative approach which is not least based upon the research of a renowned medie.

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Inhalt / Contents / Table des matie`res; Verzeichnis der Tabellen und Abbildungen Index of Tables and Figures Index des tableaux et figures; IX. Sprachkontakte in Nordeuropa Language Contacts in Northern Europe Contacts linguistiques en Europe du Nord; 116. Norway; 1. Geography and demography; 2. Territorial history and national; 3. Politics, economy and general; 4. Language contact; 5. Critical evaluation of the sources; 6. Bibliography (selected); 117. Nynorsk; Bokma°l; 1. Geography and demography; 2. History; 3. Politics, economy and general; 4. Statistics; 5. Sociolinguistic situation

6. Language political situation7. General contactlinguistic portrait; 8. Discussion within and between the; 9. Bibliography (selected); 118. Norwegian; Sami; 1. Geography and demography; 2. History, economy and general; 3. Sociolinguistic situation; 4. Language political situation; 5. Bibliography (selected); 119. Norwegisch; Finnisch; 1. Finnisch in Norwegen; 2. Drei Minoritätengruppen; 3. Die kvenische Kultur; 4. Die Neuimmigranten; 5. Sprachsoziologische Situation; 6. Sprachpolitische Lage; 7. Soziolinguistische Situation; 8. Allgemeines kontaktlinguistisches; 9. Bibliographie (in Auswahl)

120. Sweden1. Geography and demography; 2. Territorial history and national; 3. Politics, economy and general; 4. Ethnoprofiles; 5. Sociolinguistic situation; 6. Language political situation; 7. Presentation of language contact; 8. Bibliography (selected); 121. Schwedisch; Samisch; 1. Geographie und Demographie; 2. Geschichte; 3. Politik, Wirtschaft und allgemeine; 4. Statistik und Ethnoprofile; 5. Soziolinguistische Lage; 6. Sprachpolitische Lage; 7. Allgemeines kontaktlinguistisches; 8. Bibliographie (in Auswahl); 122. Swedish; Finnish; 1. Geography and demography and; 2. History

3. Politics, economy and general4. Sociolinguistic and language; 5. General contactlinguistic portrait; 123. Finland; 1. Geography and demography; 2. Territorial history and national; 3. Politics and general cultural; 4. Statistics and ethnoprofiles; 5. Sociolinguistic situation; 6. Language political situation; 7. Language contacts and contact; 8. Bibliography (selected); 124. Finnish; Swedish; 1. Geography and demography; 2. History; 3. Politics, economy and general; 4. Statistics; 5. Sociolinguistic situation; 6. Language political situation; 7. General contactlinguistic portrait

8. Bibliography (selected)125. Finnish; Saami; 1. Geography and demography; 2. History; 3. General cultural and religious; 4. Statistics; 5. Sociolinguistic situation; 6. Language political situation; 7. General contactlinguistic portrait; 8. Evaluation of the status of; 9. Bibliography (selected); 126. Denmark; 1. Geography and demography; 2. Territorial history and national; 3. Politics, economy and general; 4. Statistics and ethnoprofiles; 5. Sociolinguistic situation; 6. Presentation of language contact; 7. Critical evaluation of the sources; 9. Bibliography (selected); 127. Dänisch