Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050-1250, Volume III (eBook, ePUB)

Legitimacy and Glory
Redaktion: Jezierski, Wojtek; Sigurðsson, Jón Viðar; Orning, Hans Jacob; Esmark, Kim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000200119
• Artikelnr.: 59898538

Autorenporträt

Wojtek Jezierski is Associate Professor, History of Ideas, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Södertörn University, Stockholm and the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg. Kim Esmark is Associate Professor of Medieval History at Department of Communication and Arts at Roskilde University. Hans Jacob Orning is Professor of Medieval History at Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at University of Oslo. Jón Viðar Sigurðsson is Professor of Medieval History at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo.

Inhaltsangabe

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