COMPARISON OF NAMESAKE RULERS IN THE DANISH HISTORIOGRAPHY AT THE END OF THE XII CENTURY AS A MEANS OF LEGITIMIZING POWER
- Authors: Chesta S.O1
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Affiliations:
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of History
- Issue: Vol 82, No 3 (2021)
- Pages: 30-47
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0131-8780/article/view/630840
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7868/S0131878021030028
- ID: 630840
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Abstract
The article examines the interrelationships between three historical sources: «Deeds of the Danes» by Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1208/1206), the anonymous «History of the Danish Campaign to Jerusalem» (before 1202), and the privilege of the Lund Cathedral (1186). Textual analysis has shown that all these texts compare the Danish king Cnut VI (1182–1202) with his namesake ancestors. Each such comparison serves to glorify the Danish king and legitimize his power. The article is intended to demonstrate that, at first glance, independent texts form a single ideological field.
About the authors
S. O Chesta
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of History
Email: sochesta@yandex.ru
Moscow, Russian Federation
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