Symbolic Resources & Political Structures on the Periphery
Programme
9:00-9:45
Introduction and the Comparative Perspective
Grzegorz Pac | University of Warsaw
Hans Jacob Orning | University of Oslo
Wojtek Jezierski | University of Oslo
Comparative Approaches to Elite Legitimization on the Periphery, Poland and Norway, 1000-1300
Break 15min
10:00-11:45
Two Longitudinal Perspectives on Elite Legitimation
Hans Jacob Orning | University of Oslo
Making Christian Rulership on the Peripheries of the Latin World: The Development of Rulership Ideology in Medieval Poland and Norway
Response: Lukáš Reitinger | Masaryk University of Brno
Steffen B. Hope | University of Oslo
Grzegorz Pac | University of Warsaw
Saints and Legitimization of Bishoprics in Poland and Norway until c. 1200
Response: Lucie Korecká | Charles University of Prague
Break 15min
12:00-14:00
Three Case Studies of Symbolic Legitimation
Ben Allport | University of Oslo
Trimming the Tangle of Legend: Heroic Haircuts, Materializing Meals, and the Legitimization of Dynastic Succession in Norwegian and Polish Foundation Narratives
Response: Václav Žůrek | Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
Kacper Bylinka | University of Warsaw
Centripetal and Centrifugal Cults of the Patron Saints on the Periphery: Hagiography of St Adalbert and St Olaf as Institutional Legitimation
Response: David Kalhous | Masaryk University of Brno
Wojtek Jezierski | University of Oslo
Feasting and Elite Legitimization in Poland and Norway: Propaganda, Political Economy, and Recognition in Comparative Perspective, 1000-1300
Response: Jakub Izdný | Charles University of Prague