Image for Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses : Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe

Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses : Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe

Part of the Past and Present Publications series
See all formats and editions

Medieval dynasties frequently relied upon the cult of royal saints for legitimacy.

After the early medieval emergence of this type of sainthood, in the central Middle Ages most royal dynasties had saints in their family: Edward the Confessor, Olaf, Canute, Louis IX, Charlemagne, the Emperor Henry II, and Wenceslas are some of the best-known examples.

Within this context the saints of the Hungarian ruling dynasty - the Arpadians - constitute a remarkable sequence: St Stephen, St Emeric, St Ladislas, St Elizabeth, St Margaret and other central European blessed princesses, whose convents mirrored the Court of Heaven.

This sequence of dynastic saints provide an example of the late medieval evolution of royal and dynastic sainthood.

Building upon a series of case studies from Hungary and central Europe, Gábor Klaniczay proposes a synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood in medieval Europe.

Read More
Available
£21.24 Save 15.00%
RRP £24.99
Add Line Customisation
Usually dispatched within 2 weeks
Add to List
Product Details
Cambridge University Press
0521038995 / 9780521038997
Paperback / softback
274.303
16/08/2007
United Kingdom
512 pages, 91 Halftones, unspecified
152 x 225 mm, 753 grams