The contributions are devoted to various manifestations of the formation of rule and the regional consolidation of rule in the Middle Ages from the areas of medieval art and building history, from literary studies and source studies, from archeology and the comparative interpretation of Palatinate research as well as from the analysis of outpatient rulership practice. The focus of the volume is on the representative side of the travel kingdom in the buildings connected to it, as well as the literary representation of actions and places. All in all, the result is a balance sheet of the Palatinate research as well as the opening of new perspectives for future studies on Palatinate, residences and court culture in the early Middle Ages.