Soporan, Florian Dumitru (2014) Mission and identity: Foreign queens, founding dynasties and their subjects in central and eastern Europe. Transylvanian Review, 23 (3). pp. 108-119.
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The Middle Ages are presented by the contemporary historical writing as a time of cultural and ethnic syntheses and equally as the time when European nations were born. From a regional viewpoint, the successful Christianization of Slavs and Hungarians corresponded to the founding of new kingdoms, led by their own dynasties, who developed specific relations with the local elites. Dynastic marriages were a method of legitimizing their political position in the Christian world, but the presence of foreign queens triggered internal competitions and stimulated xenophobic feelings. The family alliances involving the members of royal and princely families inspired the first forms of institutional integrations in this region, but the oscillation between devotion and distrust on the part of their subjects ultimately illustrates the difficulties of a successful partnership between Central-European nations and the beginnings of ethnic solidarities and conflicts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Peacemaking and Reconciliation B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues B Mission theology/theory > Persecution B Mission theology/theory > Public Theology |
| Divisions: | Central Europe |
| Depositing User: | Users 3 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2020 12:23 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2020 12:23 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/1806 |
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