„Nec temere neque iniuste, sed consulto et aequitatis ductu in hanc terram transvectus sum” (GG II, 12) – Legitymizowanie władzy w Gesta Guillelmi Wilhelma z Poitiers

• Authors: Dźwigała Bartłomiej

Title variants

EN

„Nec temere neque iniuste, sed consulto et aequitatis ductu in hanc terram transvectus sum” (GG II, 12) – The Legitimization of the Rule in William of Poitiers’ Gesta Guillelmi

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to analyse first medieval biography of William the Conqueror in order to explain the issue of legitimization of the Norman rule in England. In the introduction I present the author of Gesta Guillelmi and his work. Main part of the article contains detailed explanatory narrative’s elements used by author to provide ideological justifications for William the Conqueror’s rule in London.

Keywords

EN

Legitimization; William the Conqueror; England; Normandy; Battle of Hastings

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Saeculum Christianum. Pismo Historyczne
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 73-92

Contributors

author

Dźwigała Bartłomiej

• WNHiS, UKSW, Warszawa

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