Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses

Klappentext A study of medieval Hungarian and central European royal saints. Zusammenfassung In the central Middle Ages most royal dynasties included saints in their family. Building upon a series of case studies from Hungary and central Europe! Gabor Klaniczay proposes a synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of genealogical tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. From god-king to sacral kingship; 2. Martyr kings and blessed queens of the Early Middle Ages; 3. Rex iustus: the saintly institutor of Christian kingship; 4. The chaste prince and the athleta patriae; 5. Saintly princesses and their 'heavenly courts'; 6. The cult of dynastic saints as propaganda: the Angevin-Luxemburg synthesis; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Klappentext
A study of medieval Hungarian and central European royal saints.

Zusammenfassung
In the central Middle Ages most royal dynasties included saints in their family. Building upon a series of case studies from Hungary and central Europe, Gabor Klaniczay proposes a synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood.

Inhalt
List of illustrations; List of genealogical tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. From god-king to sacral kingship; 2. Martyr kings and blessed queens of the Early Middle Ages; 3. Rex iustus: the saintly institutor of Christian kingship; 4. The chaste prince and the athleta patriae; 5. Saintly princesses and their 'heavenly courts'; 6. The cult of dynastic saints as propaganda: the Angevin-Luxemburg synthesis; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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