Berend Nora (Professor Of European History University Of Cambridge)
Berend Nora (Professor Of European History University Of Cambridge) - Stephen I The First Christian King Of Hungary From Medieval Myth To Modern Legend - Hardcover
Berend Nora (Professor Of European History University Of Cambridge) - Stephen I The First Christian King Of Hungary From Medieval Myth To Modern Legend - Hardcover
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Description: Stephen I Hungary's first Christian king (reigned 997 - 1038) has been celebrated as the founder of the Hungarian state and church. Despite the scarcity of medieval sources and consequent limitations on historical knowledge he has had a central importance in narratives of Hungarian history and national identity. This book argues that instead of conceptualizing modern political medievalism separately as an 'abuse of history we must investigate history's very fabric because cultural memory is woven into the production of the medieval sources. Medieval myth - making served as a firm basis for centuries of further elaboration and reinterpretation both in historiography and in political legitimizing strategies. In many ways we cannot reach the 'real Stephen but we can do much more to understand the shaping of his myths. The author traces the origin of crucial stories around Stephen contextualizing both the invention of early narratives and their later use. A challenger to Stephen's rule who may be a medieval literary invention became the protagonist of a rock opera in 1983, also standing in for Imre Nagy a key figure of the 1956 revolution; moreover he was reinvented as the embodiment of true Hungarian identity. The alleged right hand relic was 'discovered to provide added legitimacy for Hungary's kings and then became a protagonist of the entanglement of Church and state. A medieval crown was invested with supernatural status before turning into a national symbol. This book analyses the often seemless flow that has turned medieval myth into modern history showing that politicisation was not a modern addition but a determinant factor from the start.
Title: Stephen I The First Christian King Of Hungary From Medieval Myth To Modern Legend
Author(s): Berend Nora (Professor Of European History University Of Cambridge)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198889342
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 9/6/2024
Series: Oxford Studies in Medieval European History
Category: Political Leaders & Leadership
Description: Stephen I Hungary's first Christian king (reigned 997 - 1038) has been celebrated as the founder of the Hungarian state and church. Despite the scarcity of medieval sources and consequent limitations on historical knowledge he has had a central importance in narratives of Hungarian history and national identity. This book argues that instead of conceptualizing modern political medievalism separately as an 'abuse of history we must investigate history's very fabric because cultural memory is woven into the production of the medieval sources. Medieval myth - making served as a firm basis for centuries of further elaboration and reinterpretation both in historiography and in political legitimizing strategies. In many ways we cannot reach the 'real Stephen but we can do much more to understand the shaping of his myths. The author traces the origin of crucial stories around Stephen contextualizing both the invention of early narratives and their later use. A challenger to Stephen's rule who may be a medieval literary invention became the protagonist of a rock opera in 1983, also standing in for Imre Nagy a key figure of the 1956 revolution; moreover he was reinvented as the embodiment of true Hungarian identity. The alleged right hand relic was 'discovered to provide added legitimacy for Hungary's kings and then became a protagonist of the entanglement of Church and state. A medieval crown was invested with supernatural status before turning into a national symbol. This book analyses the often seemless flow that has turned medieval myth into modern history showing that politicisation was not a modern addition but a determinant factor from the start.
Title: Stephen I The First Christian King Of Hungary From Medieval Myth To Modern Legend
Author(s): Berend Nora (Professor Of European History University Of Cambridge)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198889342
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 9/6/2024
Series: Oxford Studies in Medieval European History
Category: Political Leaders & Leadership
