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

Klaniczay, Gábor

 
9780521038997: Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521038995 ISBN 13 : 9780521038997
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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 an 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 a synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood in medieval Europe.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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 an 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 a synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood in medieval Europe.

Revue de presse

'... opens up a whole world to the anglophone public ... Both Gábor Laniczay and the rulers and princesses he writes about deserve a wider audience.' History

'This book ... is a valuable contribution to the study of sanctity in medieval Hungary.' The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521038995
ISBN 13 
9780521038997
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
512
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9780521420181: Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521420180 ISBN 13 :  9780521420181
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2002
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