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Author Muceniecks, Andre, author.

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

Publication Info. Kalamazoo, [Michigan] : ARC Humanities Press, [2017]
2017

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations, maps.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series CARMEN monographs and studies
CARMEN monographs and studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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 -- Conclusion remarks -- Gesta Danorum/List of Abbreviations -- Other primary sources -- 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 papacy -- Appendix 3: Genealogy of the Valdemarian kings.
Summary "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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Saxo, Grammaticus, -approximately 1204. Gesta Danorum.
Saxo, Grammaticus, -approximately 1204 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Crusades.
Clergy -- Political activity -- Denmark -- History -- To 1500.
Hegemony -- Denmark -- History -- To 1500.
Denmark -- History -- To 1241.
Baltic Sea Region -- History.
Denmark -- Kings and rulers -- History.
Denmark -- Church history.
Baltic Sea Region -- Church history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Muceniecks, Andre. Saxo Grammaticus : hierocratical conceptions and Danish hegemony in the thirteenth century. Kalamazoo, [Michigan] : ARC Humanities Press, [2017] xix, 216 pages ; 25 cm. CARMEN monographs and studies 9781942401131
ISBN 9781942401131 (hardbound : alkaline paper)
9781942401148 (e-book)

 
    
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