Ein Aufsteiger als König von Böhmen. Von der Ablehnung zur Anerkennung: Georg von Podiebrad und die Fürstentreffen am Beginn seiner Königsherrschaft 1459-62

Abstract

In 1458 the Czech nobleman George of Poděbrady was
elected to be king of Bohemia. But emperor Frederick III, the Polish king
Kasimir IV and many German princes refused to recognize his royal
legality. Until 1462, with a number of personal meetings, George of
Poděbrady succeeded in obtaining recognition from his opponents. Th is
paper asks for the infl uence of symbolic communication by rituals and
public stages, as they were usual in medieval policy, on these meetings.