The ideal ruler in medieval Bohemia
| Titel: | The ideal ruler in medieval Bohemia / by Robert Antonín ; translated by Sean Mark Miller |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Leiden; Boston : Brill, [2017] |
| Umfang: | XIII, 400 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; volume 44 |
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| ISBN: | 9004279288 ; 9789004279285 ; 9789004341128 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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- List of Figures
- p. vii
- Introduction: On How the Idea of This Book Came About
- p. xi
- 1
- Sovereign Power in the Medieval World: Roots, Principles, Meanings
- p. 1
- The Sovereign in Political Philosophy at the Beginning of the Christian Middle Ages
- p. 1
- Iustitia, Pietas, Ordo, and Clementia-Unchanging Principles of a Changing World
- p. 13
- Rex et Regnum-The Ruler in the World of Transpersonal Social Institutions
- p. 27
- Tracing the Cultural Archetype
- p. 36
- 2
- Sources and Methodological Starting Points
- p. 41
- Medieval Princely Mirrors in the Czech Lands
- p. 41
- Medieval Chronicles in Bohemia-The Possibility of Any Interpretation
- p. 45
- Sovereign Majesty in the Medieval Sources
- p. 59
- 3
- The Origin and the Legitimacy of the Power of the Rulers of Bohemia during the Pre-Hussite Period
- p. 66
- Everything Comes from God
- p. 66
- Blood and Election-Dynasty and Nation
- p. 91
- 4
- The "Saint-Wenceslas Body" of the Bohemian Dukes and Kings: The Eternal Duke in the Transformations of the Middle Ages in Bohemia
- p. 109
- 5
- Sovereign Models of Ancient and Biblical Tradition in Czech Sources of the High Middle Ages
- p. 135
- 6
- Bohemian Rulers and the Seven Virtues
- p. 174
- Saint Wenceslas
- p. 186
- Bretislav I
- p. 191
- Vratislav II
- p. 195
- Premysl Otakar II
- p. 198
- 7
- Miles-Rex
- p. 204
- 8
- Sovereign and Society: Several Faces of Cultural Archetype
- p. 234
- Good Times of a Good King
- p. 234
- Pious King
- p. 255
- The King's Justice
- p. 269
- Judging King
- p. 271
- The King's Law, King's Wisdom
- p. 273
- Punishing and Merciful King
- p. 279
- King-Peacemaker
- p. 285
- The Ideal Sovereign as Seen by Himself: Charles IV in the Light of His Literary Activity
- p. 288
- Bad Times of a Bad King
- p. 294
- 9
- Ideal, Norm, Reality
- p. 312
- The King in Ceremony and Ritual
- p. 316
- The Legislating and Judging King
- p. 325
- The King in Charters and Letters (Presentation of the Acquired Habitus)
- p. 329
- Rich and Generous King
- p. 339
- Final Notes
- p. 363
- Appendix 1
- p. 367
- Bibliography
- p. 369
- Primary Sources
- p. 369
- Literature
- p. 372
- Index of Modern Authors
- p. 392
- Index of Names and Subjects
- p. 393
