“Heir to his Name and Blood”

2025/04/15 by Lars Kjær · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Globalization and political ideologies #Historical and Archaeological Studies #Medieval European History and Architecture

paper · pdf · doi:10.54334/mirator.v25i1.159700

openalex publication_date 2025/04/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

This article examines the relations between the Valdemarian rulers of Denmark and their Slavic allies and subjects around the Baltic. The article examines John H. Lind’s work on the marriage alliances between the Danish royal family and the Ryurikid’s in the twelfth century and explore how Valdemar I, Cnut VI and Valdemar II utilised these and other connections in their relationship with Slavic elites. On this basis, the article argues that the relationships were stronger than has often been recognised and that the Valdemarian Empire in large part was created and maintained through the cultivation of such links with local elites.

Discussions

• The first article in Mirator 25:1 is by Lars Kjær. He argues that in the 12th and 13th centuries, the Danish kings' connections to the Slavic rulers around the Baltic Sea were closer than traditiona [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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