Premodern Rulership and Contemporary Political Power: The King's Body Never Dies (Central European Medieval Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1041184700 ISBN 13: 9781041184706

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

In the medieval period, the monarch was seen as the embodiment of the community of his kingdom, the body politic. And while we've long since shed that view, it nonetheless continues to influence our understanding of contemporary politics. This book offers thirteen case studies from premodern and contemporary Europe that demonstrate the process through which political corporations-bodies politic-were and continue to be constructed and challenged. Drawing on history, archaeology, literary criticism, and art history, the contributors survey a wide geographical and chronological spectrum to offer a panoramic view of these dynamic political entities.

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About the Author

Karolina Mroziewicz (Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University, Cracow) received her PhD in cultural studies from the University in Warsaw. Currently she works on the role of pre-modern images of kings in constituting national narratives in Central Europe.
Aleksander Sroczynski (PhD candidate, University of Warsaw) researches Old-Polish and Old-Croatian cultures.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1041184700
• ISBN 13: 9781041184706
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 430
• Editor: Mroziewicz Karolina Anna, Sroczynski Aleksander