Domus Bolezlai: Values and Social Identity in Dynastic Traditions of Medieval Poland (C.966-1138)

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-18142-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 596 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1096 g

Reihe: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450

Between the middle of the 10th century and the middle of the 12th century both the cultural and the national identities of the Poles were formed. They were determined by political decisions made by the rulers from the Piast ruling house and built on a framework consisting of stories focused on the Piasts’ past. In all of this a dynastic tradition supported by the current ruler and his entourage was created and re-created. Tradition was understood as communication, the aim of which was to transmit values which define ways of perceiving the world by those people who accept this tradition as their own – by the Poles. The aim of the work is to seek traces of these traditions and values still alive in Polish culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wiszewski, Przemyslaw

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Explanatory Tables

Part One On the Trial of Tradition
1. Fragments- Scattered Evidence
2. Annalistic Records

Part Two The Time of Great Narrative
3. The Shadow of Great Boleslaw
4. The Embodiment of Tradition? Boleslaw III
5. After Gallus Anonymous.The Traditions of Boleslaw and the lives of Bishop Otto of Bamberg

Part Three Tradition in Action
Introduction
6. Family Life and Family Tradition
7. The Piast Gesture- A Sign of Power
8. Tradition: Foundation and Memory
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Przemyslaw Wiszewski, Ph.D. (2000) in History, University of Wroclaw, Poland, assistant professor at the University of Wroclaw. His main field are social and cultural phenomena uniting social groups of different sizes in the medieval and early modern eras.