The ideal ruler in medieval Bohemia / / Robert Antonin ; translated by Sean Mark Miller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826851303321
• Autore: Antonín Robert <1977->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2017; ©2017
• ISBN: 90-04-34112-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Collana: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, , 1872-8103 ; ; Volume 44
• Disciplina: 943.71022
• Soggetti: Monarchy - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500; Power (Social sciences) - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500; Chivalry - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500; Bohemia (Czech Republic) Kings and rulers History; Bohemia (Czech Republic) Politics and government To 1526; Bohemia (Czech Republic) History To 1526 Sources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translated from the Czech.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Sovereign Power in the Medieval World: Roots, Principles, Meanings -- Sources and Methodological Starting Points -- The Origin and the Legitimacy of the Power of the Rulers of Bohemia during the Pre-Hussite Period -- The “Saint-Wenceslas Body” of the Bohemian Dukes and Kings: The Eternal Duke in the Transformations of the Middle Ages in Bohemia -- Sovereign Models of Ancient and Biblical Tradition in Czech Sources of the High Middle Ages -- Bohemian Rulers and the Seven Virtues -- Miles-Rex -- Sovereign and Society: Several Faces of Cultural Archetype -- Ideal, Norm, Reality -- Final Notes -- Appendix 1 -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Names and Subjects.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Ideal Ruler in Medieval Bohemia discusses the development of medieval concepts and ideas about just and unjust rulership in medieval Bohemia. This theme is examined in the context of the European political thinking between 6th and 14th centuries. Robert ; Antonín provides new insights into interpretations of medieval sources of various kinds and asks innovative questions regarding the legitimization of monarchic power, the importance of Saint Wenceslaus, the role of ancient and biblical motifs in the Czech sources, and the influence of chivalric ideals on concepts of power. The theme of the book revolves around medieval perceptions of ideal rulership, which is seen as one of the cultural-anthropological constants shaping the social reality of the contemporary world.