Anatomy of a duchy the political and ecclesiastical structures of early Premyslid Bohemia /

Kalhous, David.

Anatomy of a duchy the political and ecclesiastical structures of early Premyslid Bohemia / [electronic resource] : by David Kalhous. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012. - xvi, 317 p. : ill., maps. - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, v. 19 1872-8103 ; . - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 19. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Maps -- pt. I. "Weak" Bohemia : A Non-State Retinue-Based Polity in Central Europe? -- Preconditions of the Genesis of the Premyslid Realm -- Appendix: Building Hillfort -- Territorial Extent and Development of Premyslid Realm -- The Premyslid Aristocracy and the Relationship between Centre and Periphery -- The Origins of Ecclesiastical Organisation in the Czech Lands -- pt. II. A Premyslid Strength-Forging Common Identity -- Image of Premyslids in Tenth-Century Sources -- Legenda Christiani as a Tenth-Century Source -- Christian and Great Moravia -- Old Church Slavonic Literature and Liturgy in the Tenth and Eleventh Century Premyslid Realm -- Christian and St. Wenceslaus.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9789004229815 (electronic bk.)




Premyslid dynasty.


Violence--Political aspects--History--Czech Republic--Bohemia--To 1500.
Religion and politics--History--Czech Republic--Bohemia--To 1500.
Social structure--History--Czech Republic--Bohemia--To 1500.
Group identity--History--Czech Republic--Bohemia--To 1500.
Ideology--History--Czech Republic--Bohemia--To 1500.


Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--To 1526.
Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Politics and government.
Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Church history.
Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

DB2087 / .K35 2012

943.71/0223