Vox Regis : Royal Communication in High Medieval Norway.

Intro -- Vox regis: Royal Communication in High Medieval Norway -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Historiography: State-making, Communication and Consent -- Manufacturing Consent: The Norwegian Historiographic Tradition -- 2 Perspectives on Communication and Power -- Power, Communication and State Building -- Communication, Propaganda and Communication System -- 3 Method and Sources -- 1 The Actors of Communication -- 2 The Vectors of Communication -- 1: A Genesis under Church Control -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rituals of Succession -- Tradition: Konungstekja -- Innovation: The Crowning of Magnus Erlingsson -- Redealing the Cards -- Appropriating Public Acclamation -- Jernbyrð: Trial by Ordeal -- 3 The Written Word and Royal Communication -- Royal Charters and Chanceries -- Royal Genealogies -- 'Crowned Ass' and Learned Bishops -- 4 Nidaros: A Kings' "Factory" -- Promoting Nidaros a Center of Rituals of Royal Succession -- …and it came to Nothing -- 5 Conclusion -- 2: King Sverre and the Making of Independent Royal Communication -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Tala Sverris konungſ: The King's Speeches -- Eloquence and Charisma: Portraits of Kings -- Royal Speeches and War Propaganda -- King Sverre, a Vulture Perched on High -- Great Opportunities: King Sverre's Own Death and Burial -- Taking Matters in Hand: The Crowning of King Sverre -- 3 Grýla, Political Propaganda in Religious Clothing -- The Use of History -- Grýla -- A Model Suited to Broad Reception…and Propaganda -- Conclusion -- 4 Fighting Fire with Fire: Anticlerical Propaganda -- A Campaign of Propaganda -- A Speech against the Bishops -- 5 Evidence of a Royal Intellectual Milieu -- 6 Conclusion -- 3: Monarchic Communication -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Communication at Court: Royal Court and Courtly Culture -- The Stakes -- 3 The Court.

Sources and Terminology -- The Court, a Royal Monopoly? -- 4 Monarchic Program and Aristocratic Demand -- Courtliness, the Church and the Aristocracy -- Royal Mediation and Connection to Foreign Courts -- Cultural Monopoly and Economic Power -- 5 Domesticating the Body -- Securing Presence at Court -- Ritualizing Court Life -- Dress Code -- Table Code -- Control over Oral Communication at Court -- Courtiers as Means of Communication -- 6 Domesticating the Mind: Kings, Courtiers and Courtly Literature -- Kings and Courtiers -- The Structures of Production of Court Literature -- Royal Ideology and Court Literature -- Diffusion and Reception -- 7 The Axes of Political Rituality -- Using Rituals: Ceremonial Politics -- Controlling Rituals. Ceremonial Location -- The Means of Ritual Control -- 8 The Chancery and Administrative Literacy -- 9 Conclusion -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

In Vox regis: Royal Communication in High Medieval Norway, David Brégaint examines how the Norwegian monarchy gradually managed to infiltrate Norwegian society through the development of a communicative system during the High Middle Ages, from c. 1150 to c. 1300.

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