Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe

ISBN-13: 9780521420181 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 512 str.

Gabor Klaniczay

Opis

Medieval dynasties relied frequently upon the cult of royal saints for legitimacy, and in the central middle ages most royal dynasties included saints in their family. Within this context, the saints of the Hungarian ruling dynasty constitute a remarkable sequence, and provide a unique example of the late medieval evolution of royal and dynastic sainthood. Building upon a series of case studies from Hungary and central Europe, Gabor Klaniczay proposes an original new synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood.

Recenzje

'This book … is a valuable contribution to the study of sanctity in medieval Hungary.' The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Spis treści

List of illustrations; List of genealogical tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. From god-king to sacral kingship; 2. Martyr kings and blessed queens of the Early Middle Ages; 3. Rex iustus: the saintly institutor of Christian kingship; 4. The chaste prince and the athleta patriae; 5. Saintly princesses and their 'heavenly courts'; 6. The cult of dynastic saints as propaganda: the Angevin-Luxemburg synthesis; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.