Power of rituals and rituals of power: Religious and secular rituals in the political culture of medieval Kingdom of Hungary ...
Power of rituals and rituals of power: Religious and secular rituals in the political culture of medieval Kingdom of Hungary ...

Author(s): Dušan Zupka
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Religion
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Power of rituals; rituals of power; Kingdom of Hungary; Medieval Studies; Middle Age;
Summary/Abstract: The study of rituals and the symbolic forms of public communication is one of the main directions in contemporary Medieval Studies. The aim of this article is to point out the role and significance of ritualised behaviour for medieval society - that means the so-called power of rituals. For this purpose we shall observe in detail category of rituals of power, which belong to the most widespread and most studied ways of symbolic communication. Strong interconnection between profane and the sacred in Middle Ages is also evident in the sphere of ritualised behaviour. Religious and secular rituals acted synchronically next to each other and therefore, they shall be equally represented in our study.

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