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WLADYSLAW HERMAN'S FUNERAL (Pogrzeb Wladyslawa Hermana)

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Dalewski Z.
Studia Podlaskie
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2011
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vol. 19
9-32
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Referring to an account of Gallus Anonymous' chronicle describing the dispute about the division of the treasury and the kingdom that aroused between the sons of Duke Wladyslaw Herman of Poland - Boleslaw Wrymouth and Zbigniew - during their father's funeral in 1102, this paper examines the meaning of the ruler's funeral rites in political culture of Poland in the central Middle Ages. It argues that in Poland, as in other early and high medieval polities, participation in the predecessor's funeral was crucial for legitimizing and stabilizing of power of a new ruler. Assuming the role of a principal mourner, he could manifest his close relations with the deceased ruler and present himself as a real heir to the throne. The medieval authors, as Gallus, were fully aware of this role of monarch's funeral, and depending on their needs, they emphasized or neglected the successor's participation in the predecessor's funeral in order to maintain memory of described events which was consistent with their interests.
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Sacrum a ideologia władzy królewskiej pierwszych Piastów

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Dalewski Z.
Historia Slavorum Occidentis
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2017
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issue 3 (14)
43-57
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The editor of the dedicatory letter attached to the book of rites offered by Matilda of Swabia to Mieszko II presented the Polish king as the ruler, who was elevated to royal dignity by God himself and who focused his attention primarily on the fulfilment of religious duties. He watched over proper God worship and was concerned about the salvation of his subjects. The portrayal of Mieszko II’s rule emerging from Matilda’s letter goes perfectly in line with the concept of royal authority developed in the Ottoman period. It placed the ruler, distinguished by royal anointing, in the spiritual sphere and conferred the sacred dimension to his royal power. There is no doubt that the editor of the letter did not merely refer to the notions of royal authority typical exclusively of the political culture of the Holy Roman Empire, but also directly brought up the ideological programmes formulated at the Piast court, which depicted the power exercised by the Polish rulers in sacred terms.
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