Anatomy of a Duchy: The Political and Ecclesiastical Structures of Early Premyslid Bohemia - David Kalhous

An analysis of the early Premyslid realm provides an opportunity for recognizing the importance of different factors involved in the formation of stable social structures in the early medieval regnum. The contemporary narrative emphasizes the importance of violence, where the Premyslid princes and their powerful retinues imposed princely will on elites and freemen in Bohemia and Moravia. Therefore, our attention has to turn to the problematic evidence of assumed powerful cavalry armies and the importance of communication between prince, elites and church, somewhat problematizing the role of violence as the primary tool of governance.

data wydania

2012 (data przybliżona)

ISBN

9789004229808

liczba stron

318

język

polski