title: Symbolic Actions and Anti-royal Propaganda during a Political Crisis
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metadata.value: Năstăsoiu, Dragoş Gh.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-04-16T10:10:04Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-04-16T10:10:04Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Năstăsoiu D. Gh. Symbolic Actions and Anti-royal Propaganda during a Political Crisis. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2021, vol. 66, issue 1, рp. 179–192.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.111
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/27907
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: On Christmas Eve 1402, Hungarian noblemen gathered in the Cathedral of Nagyvárad, where
  St. Ladislas’ tomb was located, and swore an oath on the holy king’s relics. They proclaimed
  thus their allegiance to King Ladislas of Naples and conspired against the ruling King Sigis mund of Luxemburg. By swearing an oath on St. Ladislas’ relics, the conspirators united their
  minds and forces around the ideal figure of the holy king and knight who became the symbol
  of a political cause and the embodiment of the kingdom which King Sigismund was no longer
  suited to represent. The symbolic gesture of oath-swearing on St. Ladislas’ relics took place
  in the midst of a three-year political crisis (1401–1403) that seized the Kingdom of Hungary
  as a consequence of the barons’ dissatisfaction with King Sigismund’s measures, which jeopardized
  their wealth and political influence. By relying on both written accounts and visual
  sources, the present paper examines the utilizing by Hungarian noblemen during this political
  crisis of important political and spiritual symbols associated with the Kingdom of Hungary.
  These included: the cults, relics, and visual representations of St. Ladislas, the Hungarian Holy
  Crown, or the kingdom’s heraldry. The propagandistic usage of these spiritual and political
  symbols was reinforced by their insertion into elaborated rituals and symbolic actions, such
  as coronations or oath-swearing on relics. By activating the link between secular and religious
  spheres through these rituals and symbolic actions, their performers hoped to attract the divine
  approval. By discussing such instances, the present paper seeks to illustrate how the ideal
  figure of St. Ladislas became the catalyzing force behind a political cause.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The results of the project Symbolic Behavior in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period carried out
  within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of
  Economics (HSE) in 2018 are presented in this work.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 66; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: St. Ladislas
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: King Ladislas of Naples
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: medieval Hungary
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cult of saints
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: relics
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: symbolic actions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: heraldry
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: anti-royal propaganda
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Hungarian political crisis of 1401–1403
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Symbolic Actions and Anti-royal Propaganda during a Political Crisis
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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