Saxo Grammaticus : hierocratical conceptions and Danish hegemony in the thirteenth century / by André Muceniecks.

Author
Muceniecks, André [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Kalamazoo [Michigan] : ARC Humanities Press, [2017]
Description
xix, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

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    Series
    CARMEN monographs and studies [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "This works analyzes the transitions of the twelfth to thirteenth centuries in Denmark, particularly in the context of the Northern Crusades. Our main primary source is the Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus, a Danish cleric"--Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Denmark and the Baltic in the thirteenth century
    • The work
    • Political conceptions
    • Euhemerism and the East in Saxo Grammaticus
    • Virtues and values in Saxo Grammaticus : the four cardinal virtues
    • The thematic of the counsellor
    • Appendix 1: List of the kings in the books I to VIII of the Gesta Danorum
    • Appendix 2: Rulers and archbihops of Denmark in relation to the events in Baltic, empire, and yje papacy
    • Appendix 3: Genealogy of the Valdemarian kings.
    ISBN
    • 9781942401131 ((hardbound ; : alkaline paper))
    • 1942401132 ((hardbound ; : alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2016050562
    OCLC
    982248125
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