Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050-1250, Volume III: Legitimacy and Glory

ISBN-13: 9780367562908 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 330 str.

Jezierski, Wojtek

Opis

This book explores symbolic means of legitimation of medieval Scandinavian elites. It maps out a wide set of cultural practices (literary, spatial, legal, ritualistic, sacral etc.), offering new perspectives to students and researchers on medieval Nordic political order and social distinction.

Spis treści

Introduction: Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050–1250: Legitimacy and Glory  Section 1: Glorifying Kings  1. Canonizing Kings: Nordic Royal Hagiography as Legitimation and Glorification  2. Prosperity and Peace: Glorification of Rulers in Medieval Scandinavia  3. Kings, Gods, Poets, and Priests: Varieties and Transformations of Circuits of Charismatic Legitimation in Norway  4. Legitimizing Royal Power in Medieval Scandinavian Laws  Section 2: Spaces of Elevation  5. Building Glory: Elite Palaces in Early and High Medieval Scandinavia  6. Glory and Legitimation in the Aristocratic Hall  7. Elite Soldiers of Christ: Elevating the Secular Elite on Danish Church Walls, Twelfth to Thirteenth Centuries  Section 3: Elevating Social Orders  8. Moderation and Restraint During Conflict as Ideal Behavior in High Medieval Scandinavia and Iceland  9. Father and Son, Brother and Friend: The Papal Curia and the Status of the Nordic Ecclesiastical Elite  10. Travels, Translations, and Cultural Brokerage: Courtly Literature as a Means of Elite Legitimation in Thirteenth-Century Norway  11. Legitimation Through Narrative: Glorious Pasts as Arguments in Political Discourse  12. "Legitimation and Its Problems: The Sagas and the Icelandic Elite in the Thirteenth Century  13. Postscript