Preconditions of the Genesis of the Přemyslid Realm

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Preconditions of the Genesis of the Přemyslid Realm

KALHOUS, David

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

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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

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

Abstract

V originále

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

Citovat

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.

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KALHOUS, David. Preconditions of the Genesis of the Přemyslid Realm. In Kouřil, Pavel; Poláček, Lumír. \textit{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.

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