Anti-Heroes
What makes a hero; and how do societies shape and reshape their heroic figures over time? This book challenges static typologies of what is heroic by exploring the historical processes behind the emergence; transformation and contestation of medieval heroes. Focusing on Sweden; Finland; Prussia and...
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| description | What makes a hero; and how do societies shape and reshape their heroic figures over time? This book challenges static typologies of what is heroic by exploring the historical processes behind the emergence; transformation and contestation of medieval heroes. Focusing on Sweden; Finland; Prussia and the Baltic regions; the book’s contributions examine the earliest moments in which historical figures became enshrined—or condemned—in chronicles; hagiographies and administrative records. This study offers a longue durée perspective on the fluid nature of what is heroic; demonstrating that neither the hero nor their negation is ever absolute—but always historically contingent. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1630042025-07-18T09:31:51Z Anti-Heroes Strenga, Gustavs Heß, Cordelia moral ambiguity Scandinavia and Eastern Baltic Prussia and Livonia Leif Erikson Finnish Historical Identity Century Vytautas the Great Master Wolter von Plettenberg What makes a hero; and how do societies shape and reshape their heroic figures over time? This book challenges static typologies of what is heroic by exploring the historical processes behind the emergence; transformation and contestation of medieval heroes. Focusing on Sweden; Finland; Prussia and the Baltic regions; the book’s contributions examine the earliest moments in which historical figures became enshrined—or condemned—in chronicles; hagiographies and administrative records. This study offers a longue durée perspective on the fluid nature of what is heroic; demonstrating that neither the hero nor their negation is ever absolute—but always historically contingent. 2025-07-18T09:31:50Z 2025-07-18T09:31:50Z 2025 book ONIX_20250718T112944_9783988580900_23 9783988580900 9783988580894 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163004 eng image/png Attribution 4.0 International https://www.nomos-shop.de/detail/9783988580900 https://doi.org/10.5771/9783988580900 Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Rombach Wissenschaft 20c8b06d-3b2b-4af2-acda-fbcfdfea5744 9783988580900 9783988580894 Rombach Wissenschaft 213 Baden-Baden open access |
| spellingShingle | moral ambiguity Scandinavia and Eastern Baltic Prussia and Livonia Leif Erikson Finnish Historical Identity Century Vytautas the Great Master Wolter von Plettenberg Anti-Heroes |
| title | Anti-Heroes |
| title_full | Anti-Heroes |
| title_fullStr | Anti-Heroes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anti-Heroes |
| title_short | Anti-Heroes |
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| topic | moral ambiguity Scandinavia and Eastern Baltic Prussia and Livonia Leif Erikson Finnish Historical Identity Century Vytautas the Great Master Wolter von Plettenberg |
| topic_facet | moral ambiguity Scandinavia and Eastern Baltic Prussia and Livonia Leif Erikson Finnish Historical Identity Century Vytautas the Great Master Wolter von Plettenberg |
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