Hastening Toward Prague: Power and Society in the Medieval Czech LandsThis 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 throne in Prague, the Premyslid duke who occupied it, a society of property-owning freemen, and the ascendant Catholic church. In decades fraught with political violence, these provided a focal point for Czech identity and political order. In this, the Czechs' heavenly patron, Saint Vaclav, and the German emperor beyond their borders too had a role to play. |
Contents
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DYNAMICS AND STRATEGIES | 145 |
Leadership and Community | 265 |
Selected Magnate Genealogies | 277 |
Names and Language | 281 |
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Hastening Toward Prague: Power and Society in the Medieval Czech Lands Lisa Wolverton Limited preview - 2001 |