Anatomy of a duchy : : the political and ecclesiastical structures of early Přemyslid Bohemia / / David Kalhous.

An analysis of the early Přemyslid realm provides an opportunity for recognizing the importance of different factors involved in the formation of stable social structures in the early medieval regnum. The contemporary narrative emphasizes the importance of violence, where the Přemyslid princes and t...

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Superior document:East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, v. 19
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; 19.
Physical Description:1 online resource (334 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Maps
  • pt. I. "Weak" Bohemia : A Non-State Retinue-Based Polity in Central Europe?
  • Preconditions of the Genesis of the Premyslid Realm
  • Appendix: Building Hillfort
  • Territorial Extent and Development of Premyslid Realm
  • The Premyslid Aristocracy and the Relationship between Centre and Periphery
  • The Origins of Ecclesiastical Organisation in the Czech Lands
  • pt. II. A Premyslid Strength-Forging Common Identity
  • Image of Premyslids in Tenth-Century Sources
  • Legenda Christiani as a Tenth-Century Source
  • Christian and Great Moravia
  • Old Church Slavonic Literature and Liturgy in the Tenth and Eleventh Century Premyslid Realm
  • Christian and St. Wenceslaus.