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i Imagined Communities © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2018 | doi 10.1163/9789004363793_001 ii Explorations in Medieval Culture General Editor Larissa Tracy (Longwood University) Editorial Board Tina Boyer (Wake Forest University) Emma Campbell (University of Warwick) Kelly DeVries (Loyola Maryland) David F. Johnson (Florida State University) Asa Simon Mittman (CSU, Chico) Thea Tomaini (USC, Los Angeles) Wendy J. Turner (Augusta University) David Wacks (University of Oregon) Renée Ward (University of Lincoln) VOLUME 8 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/emc iii Imagined Communities Constructing Collective Identities in Medieval Europe Edited by Andrzej Pleszczyński Joanna Sobiesiak Michał Tomaszek Przemysław Tyszka LEIDEN | BOSTON iv Cover illustration: Coronation of the Polish king – Pontyfikał biskupa Erazma Ciołk, XVII – Rkps – 1212 IV. Photograph Collection of National Museum in Cracow, Poland. The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available online at http://catalog.loc.gov LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2018008542 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 2352-0299 isbn 978-90-04-35247-6 (hardback) isbn 978-90-04-36379-3 (e-book) Copyright 2018 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. ContentCsontents v Contents List of Illustrations viii List of Contributors ix 1 Introduction 1 Part 1 Dynasty and Power 2 Genealogical Fictions and Chronicle Writing in Central East Europe in the 11th–13th Centuries 15 Dániel Bagi 3 Strategies of Creating Dynastic Identity in Central Europe in the 10th-11th Centuries 30 Zbigniew Dalewski 4 ‘Rex imperator in regno suo’ – An Ideology of Frenchness? Late Medieval France, Its Political Elite and Juridical Discourse 46 Georg Jostkleigrewe Part 2 Spirituality 5 The King and the Saint against the Scots: The Shaping of English National Identity in the 12th Century Narrative of King Athelstan’s Victory over His Northern Neighbours 85 Tomasz Tarczyński 6 Objects, Places, and Space in the Process of Constructing Monastic Identities: A Few Examples from the 10th, 11th and 12th Centuries 103 Michał Tomaszek vi Contents Contents Part 3 List of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors ix Chapter 1 iNTRODUCTION Social Condition and Gender Introduction 1 Part 1 Dynasty and Power Chapter 2 7 The Law as an Element Organizing and Identifying a Community in Genealogical Fictions and Chronicle Writing in Central East Europe in the 11th–13th Centuries 15 Dániel Bagi the Narratives of the Origins of the Kingdoms of Britain, (Geoffrey of Chapter 3 Strategies of Creating Dynastic Identity in Central Europe in the 10th-12th Centuries 30 Zbigniew Dalewski Monmouth, Historia Regum Brittaniae, John of Fordun, Chronica Chapter 4 ‘Rex imperator in regno suo’ – An Ideology of Frenchness? Late Medieval France, Its Political Elite and Juridical Discourse 46 Gentis Scottorum) 127 Georg Jostkleigrewe Part 2 Bartosz Klusek Spirituality Chapter 5 The King and the Saint against the Scots: The Shaping of English National Identity in the 12th Century Narrative of King Athelstan’s Victory over His Northern Neighbours 85 Tomasz Tarczyński 8 Creating the Past and Shaping Identity – Angevin Dynastic Legend Chapter 6 Objects, Places, and Space in the Process of Constructing Monastic Identities: A Few Examples from the 10th, 11th and 12th Centuries 103 (‘Gesta consulum Andegavorum’) 144 Michał Tomaszek Part 3 Karol Szejgiec Social Condition and Gender Chapter 7 The Law as an Element Organizing and Identifying a Community in the Narratives of the Origins of the Kingdoms of Britain, (Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Brittaniae, John of Fordun, Chronica Gentis Scottorum) 127 Bartosz Klusek 9 Creating Knightly Identities? Scottish Lords and Their Leaders in the Chapter 8 Creating the Past and Shaping Identity – Angevin Dynastic Legend (‘Gesta consulum Andegavorum’) 144 Narratives about Great Moments in Community History (between Karol Szejgiec Chapter 9 John Barbour’s The Bruce and Blind Hary’s Wallace) 154 Creating Knightly Identities? Scottish Lords and Their Leaders in the Narratives about Great Moments in Community History (between John Barbour’s The Bruce and Blind Hary’s Wallace) 154 Wojciech Michalski Wojciech Michalski Chapter 10 People and Boyars in the Old Russian Chronicles of the 11th-13th Centuries: Narrative Modelling of Social Identities 179 Tatiana Vilkul Chapter 11 10 People and Boyars in the Old Russian Chronicles of the 11th-13th The Identity of Self-Governing Groups (Guilds and Communes) in the Middle Ages and Their Collective Identity 204 Andrzej Pleszczyński Centuries: Narrative Modelling of Social Identities 179 Chapter 12 The Conceptualisation of Men and Women by the Authors of Penitentials 222 Tatiana Vilkul Przemysław Tyszka Part 4 Region CAh Sauprtfeerit 1 o3f Identity? Regional Solidarities, Welsh Identity and the Idea of Britain* 247 11 The Identity of Self-Governing Groups (Guilds and Communes) in the Euryn Rhys Roberts Chapter 14 Middle Ages and Their Collective Identity 204 Region as a Fluid Social Construct in Medieval Central Europe (11th-15th C.) 279 Przemysław Wiszewski Andrzej Pleszczyński Chapter 15 The Shaping of Post-barbarian Identity: The Example of Pomerania in the 11th-12th Century 293 Stanisław Rosik Part 5 We and the Others 12 The Conceptualisation of Men and Women by the Authors of Chapter 16 Kievan and Galician-Volodimir Chronicles in the 12th and 13th Centuries: The Ruthenian Ethnos and Foreign People 305 Penitentials 222 Mariusz Bartnicki Chapter 17 Przemysław Tyszka Czechs and Germans; Nationals and Foreigners in the Work of Czech Chroniclers: from Cosmas of Prague (12th Century) to the Chronicle of the So-called Dalimil (14th Century) 322 Joanna Sobiesiak Chapter 18 Corporative Interests Versus Nationalism: Prague University at the Turn of the 15th Century 335 Martin Nodl CThhea pImtear g19ined Communities of Heretics: Constructing the Identity of the Religious Enemy in the Late Middle Ages* 364 Part 4 Paweł Kras Region Index of Historical Persons 389 13 A Surfeit of Identity? Regional Solidarities, Welsh Identity and the Idea of Britain 247 Euryn Rhys Roberts Contents vii 14 Region as a Fluid Social Construct in Medieval Central Europe (11th-15th C.) 279 Przemysław Wiszewski 15 The Shaping of Post-barbarian Identity: The Example of Pomerania in the 11th-12th Century 293 Stanisław Rosik Part 5 We and the Others 16 Kievan and Galician-Volodimir Chronicles in the 12th and 13th Centuries: The Ruthenian Ethnos and Foreign People 305 Mariusz Bartnicki 17 Czechs and Germans: Nationals and Foreigners in the Work of Czech Chroniclers: from Cosmas of Prague (12th Century) to the Chronicle of the So-called Dalimil (14th Century) 322 Joanna Sobiesiak 18 Corporative Interests Versus Nationalism: Prague University at the Turn of the 15th Century 335 Martin Nodl 19 The Imagined Communities of Heretics: Constructing the Identity of the Religious Enemy in the Late Middle Ages 364 Paweł Kras Index of Historical and Fictional Persons 389 viii illustrations Illustrations List of Illustrations Figures 4.1 The Roman emperor Charles IV reading the Christmas lesson of the Gospel. Illumination from Grandes Chroniques de France (detail) 63 4.2 The Roman emperor Charles IV and the French king Charles V during their ‘adventus’ at Paris. Illumination from Grandes Chroniques de France 64 4.3 Meeting of the three ‘Magi’. Illumination from Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry 65 Map 13.1 Map of Wales: principal territorial divisions of 12-13 C. 263
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