Ritual and Symbolic Communication in Medieval Hungary Under the Árpád Dynasty 1000 - 1301

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In Rituals and Symbolic Communication in Medieval Hungary under the Árpád Dynasty (1000 - 1301) Dušan Zupka examines rituals as means of symbolic communication in medieval political culture focusing on the Hungarian Kingdom under the rule of the Árpáds. Contents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 Rituals and Symbolic Communication: Theory, Terminology and Methodology 1 Ritual—Definition of the Term 2 The Study of Rituals in the Humanities 3 Rituals and Symbolic Communication in Medieval Studies 3.1 Rituals in Medieval Studies—Overview of Previous Research 3.2 Rituals in Medieval Studies—The Current State of Research 3.3 Rituals and Symbolic Communication in the Middle Ages Chapter 2 Rituals of Power and Symbols of Monarchy 1 Three Types of Coronation 2 Laudes regiae 3 Cingulum militiae 4 Court Festivities and Royal Majesty 5 The Symbols and Rituals of the Hungarian Monarchs 6 Summary Chapter 3 The Settling of Disputes and Submission—Rituals of Reconciliation 1 Reconciliation Rituals in Internal Political Struggles and in the Settling of Disputes with Foreign Monarchs (11th Century) 1.1 Reconciliation Rituals in the Struggles for the Hungarian Throne in the Second Half of the 11th Century 1.2 Conciliatory Settlement of Disputes between Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire 2 The Evolution and Transformation of the Ritual of Reconciliation in the 12th Century 2.1 Coloman and Álmos 2.2 Coloman and Foreign Rulers 2.3 Hungary and Byzantium 3 Symbolic Gestures of Humility—Submission and Supplication 4 Summary and Conclusions Chapter 4 Adventus regis in Medieval Hungary 1 Adventus regis 2 Adventus regis in Political Communication in Hungary under the Árpád Dynasty 3 Good and Bad adventus 4 Conclusion Chapter 5 Encounters between Royalty—Greeting Rituals 1 Symbolic Communication during Meetings between Royalty 2 Osculum pacis 3 Research Issues 4 Symbolic Communication between Members of the Árpád and Piast Dynasties 4.1 Stephen I and Bolesław I 4.2 Ladislas I and Bolesław II 4.3 Coloman I and Bolesław III 5 Symbols and Rituals in the Hungarian Kings’ Encounters with the Crusaders 5.1 The First Crusade (1096) 5.2 The Second Crusade (1147) 5.3 The Third Crusade (1189) 6 The Role and Significance of Royal Encounters in the Middle Ages 7 Conclusion Chapter 6 Concluding Reflections: Ritual Communication as a Coherent System 1 The Role of Ritual 2 The Acquisition of Ritualized Communication—Lernprozess 3 An Outline of the Developments in the Later Middle Ages: Urban Rituals and Written Culture 4 Monarchic Power and Its Representation 5 Quality, Role, and Ritual: Towards a Conceptual Framework Bibliography Index