Domus Bolezłai
Subtitle: values and social identity in dynastic traditions of medieval Poland (c. 966-1138)
By: by Przemyslaw Wiszewski.
Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 -- v. 9
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9789004181427
Subjects: Bolesław -- I, -- King of Poland, -- 966 or 7-1025 -- Influence; Bolesław -- II, -- King of Poland, -- 1043-1081 -- Influence; Bolesław -- III, -- King of Poland, -- 1085-1138 -- Influence; Royal houses -- Poland -- History -- To 1500; Social values -- Poland -- History -- To 1500; Group identity -- Poland -- History -- To 1500; Collective memory -- Poland -- History -- To 1500; Community life -- Poland -- History -- To 1500; Poland -- Kings and rulers -- History; Poland -- History -- Piast period, 960-1386
Description: Between the middle of the tenth century and the middle of the twelfth century, both the cultural and the national identities of the Poles were formed. They were determined by political decisions made by the rulers from the Piast ruling house and built on a framework consisting of stories focused on the PIasts' past. In all of this, a dynastic tradition supported by the current ruler and his entourage was created and re-created. In this work, tradition is understood as a means of communication, the aim of which was to transmit values which define ways of perceiving the world by those people who accept this tradition as their own - by the Poles. The purpose is to seek traces of these traditions and values still alive in Polish culture. -- from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.