Nordic Elites in Transformation, C. 1050-1250 0429262213, 9780429262210
This book, first in a series of three, examines the social elites in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, and which soc
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English Pages [343] Year 2019
Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Editors’ Preface
General Editors’ Preface
Introduction: Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050–1250, Legitimacy and Glory
Section I 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 Legitimising Royal Power in Medieval Scandinavian Laws
Section II 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 III 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
List of Contributors
Index
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Editors’ Preface
General Editors’ Preface
Introduction: Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050–1250, Legitimacy and Glory
Section I 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 Legitimising Royal Power in Medieval Scandinavian Laws
Section II 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 III 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
List of Contributors
Index
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- Bjørn Poulsen
- Helle Vogt
- Jaon
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