Women in the Piast Dynasty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women in the Piast Dynasty write by Grzegorz Pac. This book was released on 2022-03-07. Women in the Piast Dynasty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first comprehensive study of the role of women in the Polish Piast dynasty from 965 until c.1144, comparing them with female members of other contemporary medieval dynasties.
Women in the Piast Dynasty
Women in the Piast Dynasty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women in the Piast Dynasty write by Grzegorz Pac. This book was released on 2022. Women in the Piast Dynasty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book analyses the role of women in the Polish Piast dynasty from c. 965 to c.1144. It discusses gender expectations and the literary topoi employed to describe rulers' wives and daughters as well as showing their importance in religious donations, the creation of dynastic memory, and naming patterns, as well as examining Piast women's involvement in female monasticism. Pac takes a comparative approach to these themes, analysing Polish sources alongside sources from other areas of early and high medieval Europe"--
The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, c. 970–1330
The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, c. 970–1330 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, c. 970–1330 write by Caroline Wilhelmsson. This book was released on 2024-10-11. The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, c. 970–1330 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first major piece of scholarship to provide an overview of the lives of Sweden’s earliest documented queens, together with some of their most influential female relatives, who lived between 970 and 1330. Spanning a period over 350 years, approximately 40 biographies are included from the semi-legendary Viking queen Sigrid Storråda to Duchess Ingeborg of Norway, the first female de jure and de facto ruler of Sweden. Rather than merely summarising previous research, this study offers new perspectives on the evolution of queenship in medieval Sweden. It tracks the different religious, political, and socio-economic trends which defined and shaped the office of queen and identifies three main phases of development which led to royal women’s economic and political emancipation by the mid-fourteenth century. The study’s main strength lies in its close reading and novel interpretation of the surviving primary sources, enabling readers to understand the importance of these women and wider themes such as state formation, Christianisation, and international politics. The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, c. 970–1330 is of interest to scholars of queenship and gender studies, medieval historians in general, those with an interest in ecclesiastical history, and anyone studying medieval Scandinavia.
Poland, Holy War, and the Piast Monarchy, 1100-1230
Poland, Holy War, and the Piast Monarchy, 1100-1230 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Poland, Holy War, and the Piast Monarchy, 1100-1230 write by Darius von Güttner-Sporzyński. This book was released on 2014. Poland, Holy War, and the Piast Monarchy, 1100-1230 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study charts the evolution of the ideology of holy war and crusading in medieval Poland through Polish incursions into the Baltic, the last bastion of paganism in Europe. It traces the transmission of the idea of holy war and crusade to north central Europe, explaining its impact on political and religious life in Poland, and Polish missionary and crusading activity in Prussia, Pomerelia, and Pomerania. Holy war and crusade helped influence state formation, politics, and dynastic succession. Key mechanisms by which the idea of holy war was transmitted to Poland are examined and compelling evidence is provided that the Polish elites were highly familiar with, and receptive to, the idea of crusade. The Polish elites were deliberate participants in Christian holy wars and undertook various crusading activities during the twelfth century. The influence of the idea of holy war on the actions of the Polish dynasts and the central role of women in the establishment of family traditions of participating in crusading are examined in some detail. Furthermore, this book explores the conditions that enabled the cause of the Christianization of Prussia to be taken up by the Teutonic Order by tracing the divergence of the idea of holy war in the Piast realm away from the norms of Latin Christendom in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. This work offers new perspectives for international studies of warfare sanctioned by religion.
The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300
The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300 write by Florin Curta. This book was released on 2021-11-29. The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1300 is the first of its kind to provide a point of reference for the history of the whole of Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages. While historians have recognized the importance of integrating the eastern part of the European continent into surveys of the Middle Ages, few have actually paid attention to the region, its specific features, problems of chronology and historiography. This vast region represents more than two-thirds of the European continent, but its history in general—and its medieval history in particular—is poorly known. This book covers the history of the whole region, from the Balkans to the Carpathian Basin, and the Bohemian Forest to the Finnish Bay. It provides an overview of the current state of research and a route map for navigating an abundant historiography available in more than ten different languages. Chapters cover topics as diverse as religion, architecture, art, state formation, migration, law, trade and the experiences of women and children. This book is an essential reference for scholars and students of medieval history, as well as those interested in the history of Central and Eastern Europe.
