商品簡介
In an expanded and elaborated English version of his 2002 Slovak book, Homza explores the history of female royal saints in Central and East Europe from the 10th to the 13th centuries but in some cases into the 15th-16th centuries. He builds mainly on the examples of St. Ludmila, St. Olga, and Adelaide, who lived--or at least existed as literary figures--during the 10th century in the Principalities of Bohemia and Kievan Rus' and the kingdoms of Croatia and Hungary, and traces the intricate logic that characterized the beginning and early development of these political entities and their respective dynasties. His study mirrors that of male saints, but he points out that the female consorts, mothers, daughters, and sisters of rulers were accorded the larger role in the conversion of their respective countries to Christianity. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
Martin Homza, Prof. Dr. (1967), Faculty of Arts of Comenius University, Slovak Republic. He researches, and has published several monographs on, the early medieval history of East Central Europe. In 2012 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
