{"product_id":"holy-rulers-and-blessed-princesses-9780521038997","title":"Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'… 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\u003cbr\u003e'This book … is a valuable contribution to the study of sanctity in medieval Hungary.' The Journal of Ecclesiastical History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767577968983,"sku":"9780521038997","price":31.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521038997.jpg?v=1758713856","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/holy-rulers-and-blessed-princesses-9780521038997","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}