%0 Journal Article
%T La conversion des Slaves et le titre rex attribu¨¦ ¨¤ saint Knud Lavard, duc de Schleswig et   prince des Abodrites   (XIIe si¨¨cle) The conversion of the Slavs and the title of rex confered to saint Knud Lavard, duke of Schleswig and   prince of the Abodrits   (12th century)
%A Agn¨¨s Gu¨¦nol¨¦
%J Cahiers d'¨¦tudes du Religieux
%D 2011
%I Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
%R 10.4000/cerri.823
%X Au XIIe si¨¨cle, la r¨¦gion sud-ouest de la Baltique fut le th¨¦atre d¡¯incessants conflits politico-religieux. Au Danemark, la figure illustre de saint Knud Lavard, duc de Schleswig, dont les pr¨¦rogatives politiques furent bri¨¨vement ¨¦tendues ¨¤ l¡¯aire slave en Mecklembourg, est caract¨¦ristique d¡¯une id¨¦ologie royale dont l¡¯expression prit la forme d¡¯une th¨¦ologie politique. La dynastie des Valdemar se r¨¦clamant de son lien de parent¨¦ avec saint Knud Lavard fonda le pouvoir du roi sur une imitation du Christ ; ¨¤ l¡¯image de celui-ci, saint Knud Lavard puis ses royaux descendants gouvernaient des peuples slaves, leurs vassaux, mais surtout des convertis. Au nom d¡¯une politique de revendication de la conversion des Slaves, l¡¯¨¦glise danoise, au d¨¦triment de l¡¯empire des Staufen, puise dans un registre liturgique les ¨¦l¨¦ments de sophistication d¡¯un discours au demeurant contr l¨¦ par la monarchie. During the 12th century, the south-west Baltic area was the scene of continual political and religious conflicts. In Denmark, the famous figure of saint Knud Lavard, duke of Schleswig, who briefly obtained political prerogatives in Slav¡¯s area in Mecklenburg, characterises a royal ideology which writing¡¯s expression took the form of a political theology. Valdemar¡¯s dynasty, which invoked his kinship with saint Knud Lavard, founded the power of the king on a Christ¡¯s imitation. Saint Knud Lavard and then his royal descent, reflecting Christ¡¯s model, governed Slav peoples, their vassals and above all converts. Indeed, in the name of a politics claiming the conversion of the Slavs, the danish church, to the prejudice of Staufen empire, draws from liturgical register the elements to construct a sophisticated discourse which was controlled by the monarchy.
%K kingship
%K Christian Denmark (12th century)
%K Mecklenburg (12th century)
%K conversion of heathen
%K sanctity
%K political theology
%K imitation of the Christ
%K royaut¨¦
%K Danemark chr¨¦tien (XIIe si¨¨cle)
%K Mecklembourg (XIIe si¨¨cle)
%K conversion des pa ens
%K saintet¨¦
%K th¨¦ologie politique
%K imitation du Christ
%U http://cerri.revues.org/823