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Medieval dynasties relied frequently upon the cult of royal saints for legitimacy, and in the central middle ages most royal dynasties included saints in their family. Within this context, the saints of the Hungarian ruling dynasty constitute a remarkable sequence, and provide a unique example of the late medieval evolution of royal and dynastic sainthood. Building upon a series of case studies from Hungary and central Europe, Gábor Klaniczay proposes an original new synthesis of the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic sainthood.
Medieval dynasties frequently relied upon the cult of royal saints
for legitimacy. After the early medieval emergence of this type of
sainthood, in the central Middle Ages most royal dynasties had
saints in their family: Edward the Confessor, Olaf, Canute, Louis
IX, Charlemagne, the Emperor Henry II, and Wenceslas are some of
the best-known examples. Within this context the saints of the
Hungarian ruling dynasty - the Arpadians - constitute a remarkable
sequence: St Stephen, St Emeric, St Ladislas, St Elizabeth, St
Margaret and other central European blessed princesses, whose
convents mirrored the Court of Heaven. This sequence of dynastic
saints provide an example of the late medieval evolution of royal
and dynastic sainthood. Building upon a series of case studies from
Hungary and central Europe, Gabor Klaniczay proposes a synthesis of
the multiple forms and transformations of royal and dynastic
sainthood in medieval Europe.
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