TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kalhous,David
TI  - Anatomy of a duchy: the political and ecclesiastical structures of early PrŒemyslid Bohemia 
T2  - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450,
SN  - 9789004229815
AV  - DB2087 .K35 2012eb
U1  - 943.71/0223 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - PrŒemyslid dynasty.
KW  - Violence
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Czech Republic
KW  - Bohemia
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Social structure
KW  - Group identity
KW  - Ideology
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Germany
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Bohemia (Czech Republic)
KW  - To 1526
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Church history
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- I. “Weak” Bohemia: A Non-State Retinue-Based Polity in Central Europe? -- II. A Přemyslid Strength—Forging Common Identity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - An analysis of the early Přemyslid 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 Přemyslid princes and their powerful retinues imposed princely will on elites and freemen in Bohemia and Moravia. However, our attention also turns 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. Furthermore, an analysis of “otherness” in Saxon chronicles and a comparison of different traditions of St. Wenceslas and Great Moravia confirm the importance of the “Identitätsbildung”-process and “ideology” as stabilising factors in the new Přemyslid regnum
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004229815
ER  -