Preconditions of the Genesis of the Přemyslid Realm

KALHOUS, David. Preconditions of the Genesis of the Přemyslid Realm. In Kouřil, Pavel; Poláček, Lumír. Bewaffnung und Reiterausrüstung des 8. bis 10. Jahrhunderts in Mitteleuropa : Waffenform und Waffenbeigaben bei den mährischen Slawen und in den Nachbarländern. Brno: ArÚ AV ČR Brno, 2019, p. 385-401. ISBN 978-80-86023-59-5.

Basic information

• Original name: Preconditions of the Genesis of the Přemyslid Realm
• Authors: KALHOUS, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Brno, Bewaffnung und Reiterausrüstung des 8. bis 10. Jahrhunderts in Mitteleuropa : Waffenform und Waffenbeigaben bei den mährischen Slawen und in den Nachbarländern, p. 385-401, 17 pp. 2019.
• Publisher: ArÚ AV ČR Brno

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 60101 History
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/19:00115740
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-80-86023-59-5
• ISSN: 1804-1345
• Keywords (in Czech): Rané státy; střední Evropy; raný středověk; dějiny moci; dějiny násilí
• Keywords in English: early states; Central Europe; Early Middle Ages; history of power; history of violence
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

In the following study we analyse the validity of the now generally-accepted view of the beginnings of the Přemyslid realm. Those who established this viewpoint emphasise the income from selling slaves (and distance trade in general) as the main source the dynasties in Central Europe used to strengthen their economic power, which, in the next stage, enabled them to build powerful cavalry armies as their “iron fist”. With these armies they were supposed to have built their “states”. In this article, not only is the automatism of this mechanism brought into question (the prevalence of the cavalry), but also the idea that a state can be built with an army. The author, on the one hand, points out the predatory character of such a system, and on the other hand draws attention to the building of hillforts as a mechanism that not only enhanced the protection of a given area, but also, due to the need for construction and repairs, brought large groups of people together, and thus formed a common identity for them.

Links

• MUNI/A/1295/2019, interní kód MU: Name: Tradice a inovace ve zpřístupňování historických pramenů VI

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A