Anatomy of a Duchy. The Political and Ecclesiastical Structures
of Early Přemyslid Bohemia

B 2012

Anatomy of a Duchy. The Political and Ecclesiastical Structures of Early Přemyslid Bohemia

KALHOUS, David

Basic information

Original name

Anatomy of a Duchy. The Political and Ecclesiastical Structures of Early Přemyslid Bohemia

Authors

KALHOUS, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. Leiden - Boston, 350 pp. East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 2012

Publisher

Brill

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Odborná kniha

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/12:00057477

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-90-04-22980-8

Keywords in English

Early middle ages; sources elites; Legenda Christiani; Přemyslids; Bohemia; Moravia; bishopric Prague; st Wenceslas; st. Cyrill and Methodius; Great Moravia

Abstract

V originále

An analysis of the early Přemyslid realm provides an opportunity for recognizing the importance of different factors involved in the formation of stable social structures in the early medieval regnum. The contemporary narrative emphasizes the importance of violence, where the Přemyslid princes and their powerful retinues imposed princely will on elites and freemen in Bohemia and Moravia. However, our attention also turns to the problematic evidence of assumed powerful cavalry armies and the importance of communication between prince, elites and church, somewhat problematizing the role of violence as the primary tool of governance. Furthermore, an analysis of “otherness” in Saxon chronicles and a comparison of different traditions of St. Wenceslas and Great Moravia confirm the importance of the "Identitätsbildung"-process and "ideology" as stabilising factors in the new Přemyslid regnum.

Links

GAP405/12/0625, research and development project

Name: Magnae Moraviae Fontes Historici I

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Magnae Moraviae Fontes Historici I

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KALHOUS, David. Anatomy of a Duchy. The Political and Ecclesiastical Structures of Early Přemyslid Bohemia. 1st ed. Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2012, 350 pp. East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. ISBN 978-90-04-22980-8.

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KALHOUS, David. \textit{Anatomy of a Duchy. The Political and Ecclesiastical Structures of Early Přemyslid Bohemia}. 1st ed. Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2012, 350 pp. East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. ISBN~978-90-04-22980-8.

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