…rogans eum sibi in auxilium contra superbiam Teutonicorum... Imaging of “Theutonici” in Bohemian medieval sources between the ninth and fourteenth centuries

KALHOUS, David. …rogans eum sibi in auxilium contra superbiam Teutonicorum... Imaging of “Theutonici” in Bohemian medieval sources between the ninth and fourteenth centuries. In Germans and Poles in the Middle Ages – the Perception of the 'Other' and the Presence of Mutual Stereotypes, 24.-26.5.2018, Warszawa. 2018.

Basic information

• Original name: …rogans eum sibi in auxilium contra superbiam Teutonicorum... Imaging of “Theutonici” in Bohemian medieval sources between the ninth and fourteenth centuries
• Authors: KALHOUS, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Germans and Poles in the Middle Ages – the Perception of the 'Other' and the Presence of Mutual Stereotypes, 24.-26.5.2018, Warszawa, 2018.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60101 History
• Country of publisher: Poland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/18:00105769
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: Nationalism; legitimacy strategies; Czech lands; so called Dalimil; Cosmas of Prague; historiography; identities
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

Both strategies of identification and “othering” reflect the interests of different social groups and their seeking of, or struggle for legitimacy. Both also remind us remarkably of two different models – or mere Weberian “ideal types” – of nationalism, which are traditionally associated with Western, or Central and Eastern Europe respectively and labeled with moral etiquettes. Whereas positive Western “civic nationalism” is based on the identification with state and every citizen is theoretically a member of a national group, in case of negative “ethnic nationalism”, it is shared origin, culture and language, which decide about the nationality. Medieval people were not citizens, but subjects. Though the analysis of selected sources of Bohemian origin shows that these definitions of belonging and strategies of identification were pre-modern and might have established as a result of a conflict among different social groups in one region, which might have found different definitions of belonging useful tool for confirming, or disproving the legitimacy of others.

Links

• MUNI/A/1020/2017, interní kód MU: Name: Tradice a inovace ve zpřístupňování historických pramenů IV

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A