Hastening Toward Prague : : Power and Society in the Medieval Czech Lands / / Lisa Wolverton.
This is the first comprehensive study in English of Czech society and politics in the High Middle Ages. It paints a vivid portrait of a flourishing Christian community in the decades between 1050 and 1200. Bohemia's social and political landscape remained remarkably cohesive, centered on a thro...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) :; 22 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
- Introduction
- PART I : THE STRUCTURE OF POWER
- 1. Ducal Lordship
- 2. The Freemen
- 3. Interdependence
- 4. The Church
- PART II : DYNAMICS AND STRATEGIES
- 5. Politics and the Divine: The Meaning and Mobilization of Saint Václav
- 6. Dynastic Relations, Moravia, and the Progress of Revolt
- 7. Manipulations of Imperial Authority
- Conclusion: Leadership and Community
- Appendix A: Selected Magnate Genealogies
- Appendix B: Names and Language
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments