![]() | Hastening Toward Prague: Power and Society in the Medieval Czech Lands Subjects: Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Politics and government -- 12th century; Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Kings and rulers; Power (Social sciences) -- Czech Republic -- Bohemia; Přemyslid dynasty; Cosmas of Prague 1045?–1125; This is the first comprehensive study in English of Czech society and politics in the High Middle Ages. It paints a vivid portrait of a flourishing Christian community in the decades between 1050 and 1200. Bohemia's social and political landscape remained remarkably cohesive, centered on a throne in Prague, the Premyslid duke who occupied it, a society of property-owning freemen, and the ascendant Catholic church. In decades fraught with political violence, these provided a focal point for Czech identity and political order. In this, the Czechs' heavenly patron, Saint Vaclav, and the German emperor beyond their borders too had a role to play. Lisa Wolverton teaches history at University of Oregon. |
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