Description

• Title:
  Genealogy as a Method to Legitimise Rulership in Some Balkan and Scandinavian Sources
• Creator:
  Stankova, Vesela
• Contributor:
  Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Historical Studies;
  veselavs3@gmail.com
• Description:
  This paper will focus on several sources from Scandinavia and the Balkans, and compare the types of genealogies portrayed in them – descent from gods, descent from another kind of supernatural being, descent from a legendary hero. The paper will examine the types of genealogies and the purpose they serve; how and why they were commissioned? Is there a difference in the establishment of the image of the ruler if the latter has descended from gods, legendary heroes, or a specific clan or dynasty? Does Christianity change the tradition of writing genealogies and the stories they retell? Are personal qualities enough to provide legitimate claims?
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2021.08.27;
  2020.12.23
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Relation:
  Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe;
  10
• Subject:
  Icelandic sagas;
  the Nominalia;
  kings lists;
  genealogies;
  origin stories;
  legitimization;
  cultural memory;
  cultural identity;
  founding narratives;
  crisis literature
• Identifier:
  2084-140X;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38902 ;
  2449-8378;
  10.18778/2084-140X.10.10
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Can I use it?:
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• Type:
  image