Legitimation of the Elites in High Medieval Poland and Norway : Comparative Studies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jezierski, Wojtek.

Contributor:

Jezierski

Series:

Cpmh Series

Cpmh Series ; v.3

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (486 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, 2025.

Contents:

Intro

Front Matter

Wojtek Jezierski, Hans Jacob Orning, and Grzegorz Pac. 1. Introduction: Comparing Legitimation of the Elites in Poland and Norway in the High Middle Ages

Grzegorz Bartusik, Rafał Rutkowski, and Wojtek Jezierski. 2. Ancient Pasts and Traditions as Elite Legitimation in Poland and Norway: Peripheral Senses of Belonging and Non-Belonging

Wojtek Jezierski and Roman Michałowski. 3. Missionary Rulers and Holy Men: Christianization as Elite Legitimization and Political Ideology in Poland and Norway, 1000-1300

Ben Allport and Pa weł Żmudzki. 4. When the Knight Won His Spurs: Elite Military Ideology in Poland and Norway, c. 965-1300

Anna Agnieszka Dryblak and Steffen Hope. 5. Sacral Strongholds: Nunneries as Sources of Legitimacy in Twelfth-Century Poland and Norway

Grzegorz Pac and Steffen Hope. 6. Saints and Legitimization of Bishoprics in Poland and Norway until c. 1200

Mika Viktoria Boros. 7. Legitimization and Consolidation of Rulership in Norway and Poland c. 990-1140 as Indicated through Coinage

Steffen Hope, Mateusz Bogucki, and Svein Harald Gullbekk. 8. Coinage, the Cult of Saints, and the Legitimization of Elites in Eleventh- andTwelfth-Century Poland and Norway

Zbigniew Dalewski and Hans Jacob Orning. 9. The Contrast between the Ideology and the Practice of Rulership in Medieval Poland and Norway

Jerzy Pysiak and Krzysztof Skwierczyński. 10. Struggles for Episcopal Legitimation during the Gregorian Reform in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Norway and Poland

Hans Jacob Orning and Marcin Rafał Pauk. 11. Dynastic Conflicts: Civil Wars or Constant Struggles?

Anna Agnieszka Dryblak and Benjamin Husvik. 12. Queens and Duchesses in the High Middle Ages: The Role of Elite Women in Shaping Dynastic Legitimation during Periods of Political Change.

Alice Taylor. 13. Is Legitimation Reducible Only to a 'Willto Power'? State Formation and Values in the Comparative History of the European Periphery during the High Middle Ages

Back Matter.

Notes:

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ISBN:

2-503-61163-X

OCLC:

1583219632