دانلود کتاب "Mulieres suadentes" - Persuasive Women: Female Royal Saints in Medieval East Central and Eastern Europe

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Acknowledgements vii List of Illustrations and Tables viii Abbreviations x Introduction 1 1. Methodological Basis 3 2. The Phenomenon of Mulieres Suadentes (Persuasive Women): Between the East and the West 8 1 'Mulieres Suadentes' 8 2 'Daughters' of St. Ludmila (?) 16 3. Christian Female Ruler Archetype of Empress St. Helena 33 1 'Imitatio Helenae (et Constantini)' 33 2 Other Variants of the 'Imitatio Helenae (et Constantini)' in Central-East Europe 49 3 Occurrence of the Name Helena within the Most Important European Dynasties until the End of the Thirteenth Century 61 4. St. Ludmila of Bohemia, Model of Female Ruler Sainthood in Central-East Europe? 80 1 Historical and Cultural Foundations of the Cult of St. Ludmila 80 2 'Imago Sanctae Ludmilae' in the Homily 'Factum est', an Attempt of Analysis 89 3 St. Ludmila in the 'Cycle of St. Wenceslas' 123 5. St. Olga: The Mother of All Princes and Tsars of Rus’ 143 6. Adelaide, Princess of Cracow and Wife of Grand Duke of Hungary Geza: On the Problem of Fictivity and Reality in East-Central European Medieval Narratives 169 1 An Attempt to Interpret the Role of Princess Adelaide in the 'Hungarian-Polish Chronicle' 169 2 Princess Adelaide and origo Regni Hungariae 200 Conclusions 211 Bibliography 217 Index 243