Imprinting identities : illustrated latin-language histories of St. Stephen's Kingdom (1488-1700). Karolina Anna Mroziewicz

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314 Seiten ; 24 cm, 580 g Tadelloses Exemplar. - Contents -- Foreword 11 -- 1. Introduction 15 -- 1.1 Concepts and Research Problems 15 -- 1.2 Scope and Structure of the Thesis 20 -- 1.3 Sources 27 -- 2. Historical Imagery 37 -- 2.1 Dominant Narratives in Chronological Overview 41 -- 2.1.1 At the Court of Matthias Corvinus 41 -- 2.1.2 In the Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Noble and -- Aristocratic Circles 44 -- 2.1.3 In Jesuit Historiography 46 -- 2.2 Thematic Scope of the Narratives 48 -- 2.2.1 Myth of Origin 48 -- 2.2.2 Christian Interpretation of the Tribal Past 56 -- 2.2.3 A History of Belligerent Warriors 58 -- 2.2.4 Bulwark and Shield of Christianity 63 -- 2.3 Settings 72 -- 2.4 Conclusions 79 -- 3. Patron Saints 83 -- 3.1 Confessional Patterns in the Hungarian Kingdom 85 -- 3.1.1 Christianization 86 -- 3.1.2 Ecclesiastical Structures and the Cult of Patron Saints 87 -- 3.1.3 Reformation and Counter-Reformation 91 -- 3.1.4 The Habsburgs in Hungarian Religious Affairs 92 -- 3.2 Holy and Tutelary Patrons of the Kingdom of Hungarians 94 -- 3.2.1 The Virgin Mary 97 -- 3.2.2 St. Stephen and St. Emeric 105 -- 3.2.3 St. Ladislas 116 -- 3.2.4 The Hungarian Heaven 128 -- 3.3 Conclusions 131 -- 4. Rulers of Hungary 135 -- 4.1 Principles of Hungarian Kingship 138 -- 4.2 Narrated Kingship 142 -- 4.2.1 The Royal Bodies and their Gestures 149 -- 4.2.1.1 The Female Body 153 -- 4.2.1.2 The Imperial Body 158 -- 4.2.1.3 Royal Body Enthroned 163 -- 4.2.1.4 Standing Pose 170 -- 4.2.1.5 The Royal Body Mounted 173 -- 4.2.1.6 The King's Body Never Rests 174 -- 4.2.2 Insignia of Rulership and Royal Emblems 175 -- 4.3 Conclusions 181 -- 5. Nobility and Aristocracy 183 -- 5.1 Origins, Strata and Custom 187 -- 5.2 Legal Status 194 -- 5.3 Membra Sacrae Coronae 196 -- 5.4 Imagined and Imaginary Kinship 200 -- 5.4.1 The Cult of Ancestors 200 -- 5.5 The Faces of Contemporary Nobles and Aristocrats 212 -- 5.5.1 Warriors and Statesmen 212 -- 5.5.2 Noblewomen 219 -- 5.5.3 Men of Letters 223 -- 5.6 Conclusions 229 -- 6. The Afterlife of Illustrated Books on Hungarian History 233 -- 6.1 Uses of Books and their Role in Identity-Building-Processes 235 -- 6.1.1 Diiferent Uses of Thuroczy's Chronicle 235 ISBN 9783631669921 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 576.

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Titel

Imprinting identities : illustrated latin-language histories of St. Stephen's Kingdom (1488-1700). Karolina Anna Mroziewicz

Verlag

Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang Edition [2015].

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

3631669925

ISBN-13

9783631669921

Einband

Festeinband

Zustand

Sehr gut

Gewicht

576 Gramm

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