Download or read book Ritual and Politics: Writing the History of a Dynastic Conflict in Medieval Poland written by Zbigniew Dalewski and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the dynastic conflict in medieval Poland this book shows how important it is for comprehension of medieval political culture to consider the complex functions of ritual—as a tool shaping political relations both in the realm of practical politics, and on the level of narrative material by which those relations were described.