A performative image of the ruler? A new interpretation of the coronation miniature from the Regensburg Sacramentary (nation miniature from the Regensburg Sacramentary (Munich, Bayer-Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4456, fol. 11rische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4456, fol. 11r) )

The aim of the paper is to examine the sources of influence of the iconographic program of the miniature showing the coronation from the Regensburg Sacramentary (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4456, fol. 11r)? The hitherto formulated interpretations appertaining TO the image of Henry II may be enriched by a new hypothesis, which postulates the impact of the post communion prayer (post communionem) from a form of a votive Mass for the King (Missa pro rege) on the formation of the Regensburg performance. A liturgical oration, which asks God to grant the ruler with the heavenly weapons, is written on further pages of the Sacramentary (fol. 327r-v). Thus, not only verbal inscriptions written in the illumination, but also pictorial means of expression can be read as a prayer for the king.

The House of Přemyslid between Henry II and Boleslaus the Brave or the circumstances which commenced an oath of fealty taken by Czech dukes to the rulers of the Reich

The goal of this article is to indicate the political circumstances which led to the Czech king’s assumption of the Prague throne as an oath of fealty to the ruler of the Reich. The article discusses the political situation in the late 10th and the early 11th centuries: the weakness of Bohemia following the death of Boleslaus II, the power of Bolesław the Brave and the circumstances accompanying his occupation of Prague together with king Henry II’s interference in Czech affairs.

Přemyslovci mezi Jindřichem II. a Boleslavem Chrabrým, aneb o okolnostech, které započaly lenní závislost českých knížat na panovnících Říše