Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses - Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe

Klappentext Medieval dynasties frequently relied upon the cult of royal saints for legitimacy. After the early medieval emergence of this type of sainthood! in the central middle ages most royal dynasties had saints in their family: Edward the Confessor! Olaf! Canute! Louis IX! Charlemagne! the Emperor Henry II! and Wenceslas are some of the best-known examples. Within this context the saints of the Hungarian ruling dynasty - the Arpadians - constitute a remarkable sequence: St Stephen! St Emeric! St Ladislas! St Elizabeth! St Margaret! and other central European blessed princesses! whose convents mirrored the Court of Heaven. This sequence of dynastic saints provide a unique example of the late medieval evolution of royal and dynastic sainthood. Building upon a series of case studies from Hungary and central Europe! Gábor Klaniczay proposes an original new synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood in medieval Europe. Zusammenfassung In the central Middle Ages most royal dynasties included saints in their family. Building upon a series of case studies from Hungary and central Europe, Gábor Klaniczay proposes a synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of genealogical tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. From god-king to sacral kingship; 2. Martyr kings and blessed queens of the Early Middle Ages; 3. Rex iustus: the saintly institutor of Christian kingship; 4. The chaste prince and the athleta patriae; 5. Saintly princesses and their 'heavenly courts'; 6. The cult of dynastic saints as propaganda: the Angevin-Luxemburg synthesis; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: G. Bor Klaniczay, G¿r Klaniczay, Gabor Klaniczay, Gábor Klaniczay, Gabor (Lorand Eoetvoes University Klaniczay, Professor Gabor Klaniczay
• Assisted by: Eva Palmai (Translation), Eva Pálmai (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2007
• EAN: 9780521038997
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03899-7
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Past and Present Publications; Past and Present Publications
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Eastern Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Central Europe, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval