Publication

2010 - Brill, Leiden, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

148,000 words, Guess

Page Count

592 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004181427
  • ISBN-109004181423
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009049475
  • OCLC Control Number473656066
  • Better World Books9789004181427
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC943.8/0220922
  • LCCDK4213 .W57 2010
  • LCCDK4213.W57 2010

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.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryInfluenceRoyal housesSocial valuesCommunity lifeGroup identityPoland, history

Places

Series Statement

  • East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 -- v. 9

Other Editions

  • Domus BolezłaiBrill2010

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