Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: The Idea of World Domination in the Public Consciousness in Europe in the Early and Developed Middle Ages

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Idea of World Domination in the Public Consciousness in Europe in the Early and Developed Middle Ages

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2016 9 (9)
Authors: Zberovskii, Andrei V.; Kriuk, Marina N.
Contact information: Zberovskii, Andrei V.:Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafiev 89 Ady Lebedeva Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia; Kriuk, Marina N.:Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafiev 89 Ady Lebedeva Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia; E-mail:
Keywords: Early and developed Middle Ages; medieval Europe; world domination; world empire; world hegemony; world sovereignty; public thought; public consciousness; Crusades; Attila; Charlemagne; Otto I; Otto II; Gregory VII; Henry II; Frederick I; Richard the Lionheart; Philip II
Abstract: The article explores a public thought and public consciousness in the early and developed Middle Ages in Europe. It reveals the presence of the idea of world domination in the public mind of medieval Europe. The article also discusses the specificity of the idea of world hegemony in the public consciousness in the studied period. It explains the change of the idea of world domination in comparison to the previous period (Ancient World). There are numerous examples of people pretending to the world domination. The author used historical sources, as well as works of the famous Russian and foreign researchers
Pages: 2122-2130
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/21637