Much can be read in the Hungarian chronicle versions and Latin legends about the figure of King St Ladislas (reigned 1077–1095, canonized 1192), the most popular saint in Hungary by the middle of the fourteenth century. These sources are all enlarged and interpolated representation of the elements of the surviving nomad traditions, the chivalric ideas of the Hungarian royal court, elements of the French crusader traditions of the Angevin court, the memory of the struggle against the Mongols in 1241–42. This paper focuses on some of these motifs, like becoming a fictive leader of the First crusade, and a fictive successor to the imperial throne. The paper confronts the textual differences between the legends and the chronicles and tries to answer the question why the hagiographic and liturgical texts neglect his fights against the heathen.
Niniejszy artykuł stanowi studium przypadku programu lirycznego węgierskiego zespołu metalowego Dalriada. Przeprowadzono badania metodą close reading, które opierały się na ideach zaczerpniętych z badań nad recepcją, metal studies, historii i literaturoznawstwa w celu zrozumienia reinterpretacji elementów węgierskiej historii przez zespół Dalriada (np. postaci średniowiecznych, okresu okupacji osmańskiej), tradycji ludowych (np. pieśni ludowe) i literatury wysokiej (dzieła Jánosa Arany’ego). W interpretacjach zauważono pewne wspólne wzorce, pojawiające się w całym dorobku artystycznym grupy.
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This article comprises a case study of the lyrical program of the Hungarian folk metal band Dalriada. I employ a close reading based method that relies on ideas drawn from reception studies, metal studies, history and literary studies toward an understanding of Dalriada’s reinterpretation of elements of Hungarian history (e.g., Medieval figures, the period of Ottoman occupation), folk traditions (e.g., folk songs) and high literature (the works of János Arany). I conclude by discussing some common patterns in these interpretations that run through Dalriada’s overall output.
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