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  title info:
    title: Stephen I, the first Christian king of Hungary
    sub title: from medieval myth to modern legend
  name:
    name part: Berend, Nora
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: Biographies.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2024
    copyright date: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource : illustrations.
  abstract: 'Stephen I, the first Christian king of Hungary' analyses the often seamless flow that has turned medieval myth into modern history, showing that politicisation was not a modern addition, but a determinant factor from the start.
  abstract: This book questions the central importance of Stephen I of Hungary (reigned 997-1038) in narratives of Hungarian history and national identity as the founder of the Hungarian state and church. It argues that instead of conceptualizing modern political medievalism separately as an 'abuse' of history, we must investigate history's very fabric, because cultural memory is woven into the production of the medieval sources. Medieval myth-making served as a firm basis for centuries of further elaboration and reinterpretation, both in historiography and in political legitimizing strategies. In many ways, we cannot reach the 'real' Stephen, but we can do much more to understand the shaping of his myths. The author traces the origin of crucial stories around Stephen, contextualizing both the invention of early narratives and their later use. A challenger to Stephen's rule who may be a medieval literary invention became the protagonist of a rock opera in 1983, also standing in for Imre Nagy, a key figure of the 1956 revolution; moreover, he was reinvented as the embodiment of true Hungarian identity. The alleged right hand relic was 'discovered' to provide added legitimacy for Hungary's kings and then became a protagonist of the entanglement of Church and state. A medieval crown was invested with supernatural status, before turning into a national symbol. This book analyses the often-seamless flow that has turned medieval myth into modern history, showing that politicization was not a modern addition, but a determinant factor from the start.
  target audience: Specialized.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Nora Berend.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-hu---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: I, King of Hungary
      name part: Stephen
      name part: 975?-1038
  subject:
    topic: Kings and rulers, Medieval
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    geographic: Hungary
    topic: Kings and rulers
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    geographic: Hungary
    topic: History
    temporal: 896-1301
  subject:
    geographic: Hungary
    topic: Historiography
  subject:
    topic: Rois et souverains médiévaux
    genre: Biographies
  subject:
    geographic: Hongrie
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 896-1301
  subject:
    topic: Europe
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY
  subject:
    topic: Leadership
  subject:
    topic: Political Process
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE
  subject:
    topic: Nationalism & Patriotism
  subject:
    topic: Political Ideologies
  subject:
    topic: Folklore & Mythology
  subject:
    topic: SOCIAL SCIENCE
  subject:
    topic: Biography & non-fiction prose
  subject:
    topic: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Stephen I of Hungary, Holy Crown of Hungary, Koppány, 1956 revolution, Holy Dexter, medievalism, use and abuse of history, politicized history, cultural memory, Political History, Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500), Mythology and Folklore, Eastern European History
  classification: DB929.35 .B4 2024
  classification: 943.902092
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Stephen I, the first Christian king of Hungary
    name:
      name part: Berend, Nora.
    origin info:
      publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024
    identifier: (OCoLC)1420865380
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Oxford studies in medieval European history
  identifier: 9780191995439
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  identifier: 9780198889403
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: STBDS
    record creation date: 240507
    record change date: 20260319204730.7
    record identifier: in00005727043
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng