Polské země a originálnost piastovské monarchie jako inspirace a nástroj panovnické seberezentace Přemyslovců
Polish territories and the originality of the Piast monarchy as an inspiration and tool of monarchical self-presentation

Author(s): Lukáš Reitinger
Subject(s): Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: medieval history; church history; Christianity in the Middle Ages; religious culture; Poland during the Piast dynasty
Summary/Abstract: The originality of the presentation of monarchical power of the Piast dynasty is noticeable on many levels. One of the possibilities for capturing to some extent the local specificity of the monarchical presentation of a given dynasty and state is to analyze the issues related to the interpretation of potential mutual inspiration and rivalry between neighbouring or otherwise related monarchies. In other words, one should ask oneself whether in some periods Poland had not served as a source of direct and original inspiration for the self-presentation of monarchs of neighbouring countries (in this case, the Přemyslid dynasty). In the case of the Prague court, the “Polish segment” was to a large extent an inseparable part of the Bohemian princes and kings’ monarchical power from the 11th to the 14th century. The originality of the Polish monarchy was inspiring for the Přemyslids above all in the 11th century because of its independent ecclesiastical administration and the king’s majesty, which Bretislav I and Vratislav II tried to imitate, or even to appropriate. If we ignore the influence of the emperor’s territories on the centres of power of Central and Eastern Europe, we will not be able to find examples of such an inspiring originality of another country, or of direct attempts at referring to it, as was the case in Poland and Bohemia in the 11th century. In later periods, it was the idea of Polish submission that came to dominate in the self-presentation of Přemyslid rulers.

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