Description
Book SynopsisIn the central Middle Ages most royal dynasties included saints in their family. Building upon a series of case studies from Hungary and central Europe, Gábor Klaniczay proposes a synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood.
Trade Review'… opens up a whole world to the anglophone public … Both Gábor Laniczay and the rulers and princesses he writes about deserve a wider audience.' History
'This book … is a valuable contribution to the study of sanctity in medieval Hungary.' The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Table of ContentsList of illustrations; List of genealogical tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. From god-king to sacral kingship; 2. Martyr kings and blessed queens of the Early Middle Ages; 3. Rex iustus: the saintly institutor of Christian kingship; 4. The chaste prince and the athleta patriae; 5. Saintly princesses and their 'heavenly courts'; 6. The cult of dynastic saints as propaganda: the Angevin-Luxemburg synthesis; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
