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Autore |
Muceniecks André |
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Titolo |
Saxo Grammaticus : hierocratical conceptions and Danish hegemony in the thirteenth century / / André Muceniecks |
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Kalamazoo, [Michigan] : , : ARC Humanities Press, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-64189-941-7 |
1-942401-14-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 216 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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CARMEN monographs and studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Crusades |
Hegemony - Denmark - History - To 1500 |
Clergy - Political activity - Denmark - History - To 1500 |
Denmark History To 1241 |
Baltic Sea Region Church history |
Denmark Church history |
Denmark Kings and rulers History |
Baltic Sea Region History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Denmark and the Baltic in the thirteenth century -- The work -- Political conceptions -- Euhemerism and the East in Saxo Grammaticus -- Virtues and values in Saxo Grammaticus : the four cardinal virtues -- The thematic of the counsellor -- Conclusion remarks -- Gesta Danorum/List of Abbreviations -- Other primary sources -- Appendix 1: List of the kings in the books I to VIII of the Gesta Danorum -- Appendix 2: Rulers and archbihops of Denmark in relation to the events in Baltic, empire and papacy -- Appendix 3: Genealogy of the Valdemarian kings. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Denmark of the twelfth to thirteenth centuries was a place of transitions, and this volume analyzes that period through the lens of the 'Gesta Danorum' of Saxo Grammaticus and other sources. The 'Gesta' defends not only hierocratic conceptions but the Danish hegemonic project in the Baltic - which was grounded in the crusade |
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