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Author Brégaint, David, author.

Title Vox regis : royal communication in high medieval Norway / by David Bregaint
Published Leiden : Brill, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
Series The northern world ; volume 74
Northern world ; v. 74.
Contents Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A Genesis under Church Control -- King Sverre and the Making of Independent Royal Communication -- Monarchic Communication -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary In Vox regis: Royal Communication in High Medieval Norway , David Brégaint examines how the Norwegian monarchy gradually managed to infiltrate Norwegian society through the development of a communicative system during the High Middle Ages, from c. 1150 to c. 1300. Drawing on sagas, didactic literature, charters, and laws, the book demonstrates how the Norwegian kings increasingly played a key -role in the promotion of royal ideology in society through rituals and the written word. In particular, the book stresses the interaction between secular and clerical culture, the role of the Church and of the Norwegian aristocracy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 14, 2015)
Subject Communication -- Political aspects -- Norway
Monarchy -- Norway -- History -- To 1500
Christianity and politics -- Norway -- 12th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- Scandinavia.
Christianity and politics
Communication -- Political aspects
Kings and rulers
Monarchy
Politics and government
SUBJECT Norway -- History -- 1030-1397. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092651
Norway -- Politics and government -- 1030-1397. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004504
Norway -- Kings and rulers
Subject Norway
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004306431
9004306439