Cosmas of Prague : narrative, classicism, politics / Lisa Wolverton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolverton, Lisa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?-1125--Criticism and interpretation.

Cosmas.

Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?-1125. Chronica Boemorum.

Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?-1125.

Criticism and interpretation.

Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--To 1526.

Bohemia (Czech Republic).

Chronica Boemorum (Cosmas, of Prague).

Czech Republic--Bohemia.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 307 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2015]

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

Cosmas 4

The Chronicle 11

Interpreting Cosmas and His Chronicle 17

2 The Historian's Craft Raw Materials 37

Analyzing a Core Sample 51

Narrativity and Coherence 69

Conclusion 76

3 A Pessimistic Theory of Power 81

The Nature of Politics 82

Power and Predation 91

A Fearsome Archetype 102

Contemporary Predators 109

A Word about Audience 115

4 Gendered Politics and Women's Voices 120

Politics Made Masculine 121

The Apolitical Voice 138

A Feminized Church? 151

Conclusion 160

Epilogue: Matilda of Tuscany 161

5 Characterizing a Decadent Political Culture 170

Queen Money and the German Emperor 172

The Vrsovici and Other Inimici Famiiiares 182

Wars Worse Than Civil, or the Curse of Fratricide 197

6 The Birth of a National History 215

In the Beginning: The Land 220

Territorial and Ethnic Instabilities 246

Unity of Will 268

7 Conclusion 274

Power and the People 278.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813226910

0813226910

OCLC:

881204826