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

By (author) David Kalhous

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An analysis of the early PÅ™emyslid 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 PÅ™emyslid 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 â€œothernessâ€ in Saxon chronicles and a comparison of different traditions of St. Wenceslas and Great Moravia confirm the importance of the â€œIdentitÃ¤tsbildungâ€-process and â€œideologyâ€ as stabilising factors in the new PÅ™emyslid regnum.

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Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics

Carlo Rovelli
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Mustafa Suleyman
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Carlo Rovelli
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Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).

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