RT Book
T1 Anatomy of a duchy: the political and ecclesiastical structures of early Přemyslid Bohemia
T2 East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450 - 1450
JF East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450 - 1450
A1 Kalhous, David 1978-
LA English
PP Leiden u.a.
PB Brill
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1603694048
AB 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.
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-306) and index
CN DB2087
SN 9789004229815
SN 9789004229808
K1 Přemyslid dynasty
K1 Violence : Political aspects : Czech Republic : Bohemia : History : To 1500
K1 Religion And Politics : Czech Republic : Bohemia : History : To 1500
K1 Social Structure : Czech Republic : Bohemia : History : To 1500
K1 Group Identity : Czech Republic : Bohemia : History : To 1500
K1 Ideology : Czech Republic : Bohemia : History : To 1500
K1 Bohemia (Czech Republic) : History : To 1526
K1 Bohemia (Czech Republic) : Politics and government
K1 Bohemia (Czech Republic) : Church history
K1 Bohemia (Czech Republic) : Social conditions