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1 - Foundational Moments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2025

Mary Fulbrook
Mary Fulbrook
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University College London
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The moment that Albert the Bear conquered the Wends is often viewed as foundational. So too are the moments when the two settlements of Cölln and Berlin are first mentioned in written records. The chapter sketches the development of the emerging twin trading towns during the medieval centuries, marked by continuing immigration and punctuated by periodic violence and bouts of plague. It concludes with the advent of Hohenzollern rule, when citizens lost their powers of self-government and the city began to be transformed into a courtly residence.

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AlbertWendsmedieval CöllnBerlinHohenzollern
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Berlin , pp. 9 - 20
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Foundational Moments
  • Mary Fulbrook, University College London
  • Book: Berlin
  • Online publication: 13 February 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009160957.004
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  • Foundational Moments
  • Mary Fulbrook, University College London
  • Book: Berlin
  • Online publication: 13 February 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009160957.004
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  • Foundational Moments
  • Mary Fulbrook, University College London
  • Book: Berlin
  • Online publication: 13 February 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009160957.004
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