Wilhalm, Alexandr a Jakub Jeruzalém v bohemikální literatuře na sklonku přemyslovské doby
Wilhalm, Alexandr and Jakub Jerusalem in Bohemical literature at the end of the Přemyslid era

Summary/Abstract: Three narrative texts composed under the rule of King Wenceslas II meaningfully integrate motifs associated with the Holy Land and the crusades. In portraying an independent, pious sovereign, who derives authority from Jerusalem and bypasses Rome, Ulrich von Etzenbach’s Middle High German romance Wilhalm von Wenden manifests the royal ideology of the late Přemyslid court. In the Old Czech Alexandreis, insights into the psychology of a military expedition provide grounds for moral reflection, while references to the perceived geographic centrality of Jerusalem serve to sustain a symbolic layer in the text. The incorporation of crusade-related elements from the Alexandreis into the Legend of Saint Jacob the Minor testifies to the vivacity of intertextual practices in late-13th-century Bohemia.

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