Anatomy of a duchy : the political and ecclesiastical structures of early Přemyslid Bohemia / David Kalhous.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalhous, David.

Series:

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; 19.

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 1872-8103 ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Political aspects--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History--To 1500.

Violence.

Religion and politics--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History--To 1500.

Religion and politics.

Social structure--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History--To 1500.

Social structure.

Group identity--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History--To 1500.

Group identity.

Ideology--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History--To 1500.

Ideology.

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

Bohemia (Czech Republic).

Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Politics and government.

Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Church history.

Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Social conditions.

Přemyslid dynasty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An analysis of the early Přemyslid realm provides an opportunity for recognizing the importance of different factors involved in the formation of stable social structures in the early medieval regnum. The contemporary narrative emphasizes the importance of violence, where the Přemyslid princes and their powerful retinues imposed princely will on elites and freemen in Bohemia and Moravia. However, our attention also turns to the problematic evidence of assumed powerful cavalry armies and the importance of communication between prince, elites and church, somewhat problematizing the role of violence as the primary tool of governance. Furthermore, an analysis of “otherness” in Saxon chronicles and a comparison of different traditions of St. Wenceslas and Great Moravia confirm the importance of the “Identitätsbildung”-process and “ideology” as stabilising factors in the new Přemyslid regnum.

Contents:

Maps

pt. I. "Weak" Bohemia : A Non-State Retinue-Based Polity in Central Europe?

Preconditions of the Genesis of the Premyslid Realm

Appendix: Building Hillfort

Territorial Extent and Development of Premyslid Realm

The Premyslid Aristocracy and the Relationship between Centre and Periphery

The Origins of Ecclesiastical Organisation in the Czech Lands

pt. II. A Premyslid Strength-Forging Common Identity

Image of Premyslids in Tenth-Century Sources

Legenda Christiani as a Tenth-Century Source

Christian and Great Moravia

Old Church Slavonic Literature and Liturgy in the Tenth and Eleventh Century Premyslid Realm

Christian and St. Wenceslaus.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-99571-8

9786613767325

90-04-22981-7

OCLC:

799763882

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004229815 DOI