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Saxo Grammaticus : hierocratical conceptions and Danish hegemony in the thirteenth century / by André Muceniecks.
Van Pelt Library DL147.S243 M83 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muceniecks, André, author.
- Series:
- CARMEN monographs and studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saxo, Grammaticus, -approximately 1204. Gesta Danorum.
- Saxo.
- Saxo, Grammaticus, -approximately 1204--Criticism and interpretation.
- Saxo, Grammaticus, -approximately 1204.
- Church history.
- Hegemony.
- History.
- Clergy--Political activity.
- Kings and rulers.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Denmark--History--To 1241.
- Denmark.
- Baltic Sea Region--History.
- Baltic Sea Region.
- Denmark--Kings and rulers--History.
- Crusades.
- Clergy--Political activity--Denmark--History--To 1500.
- Clergy.
- Hegemony--Denmark--History--To 1500.
- Denmark--Church history.
- Baltic Sea Region--Church history.
- Gesta Danorum (Saxo, Grammaticus).
- Europe--Baltic Sea Region.
- Genre:
- Church history.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Kalamazoo, [Michigan] : ARC Humanities Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "This works analyzes the transitions of the twelfth to thirteenth centuries in Denmark, particularly in the context of the Northern Crusades. Our main primary source is the Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus, a Danish cleric"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Denmark and the Baltic in the thirteenth century
- The work
- Political conceptions
- Euhemerism and the East in Saxo Grammaticus
- Virtues and values in Saxo Grammaticus : the four cardinal virtues
- The thematic of the counsellor
- Conclusion remarks
- Gesta Danorum/List of Abbreviations
- Other primary sources
- Appendix 1: List of the kings in the books I to VIII of the Gesta Danorum
- Appendix 2: Rulers and archbihops of Denmark in relation to the events in Baltic, empire and papacy
- Appendix 3: Genealogy of the Valdemarian kings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781942401131
- 1942401132
- OCLC:
- 982248125
- Publisher Number:
- 99971662232
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