‘Good’ King Wenceslas was certainly a saint, but was he a good king? Was he a king at all? His assassin certainly didn’t think so. It’s time to reveal the truth about ‘Good King Wenceslas.’
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Further Reading
Otakar Odložilík, Good King Wenceslas: A Historical Sketch, The Slavonic and East European Review, 8.22 (1929) 120-130
The Chronicle of the Czechs: Cosmas of Prague, trans. by Lisa Wolverton (2009)
Gábor Klaniczay, Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe (2002)
Bohemia in History ed. by Mikuláš Teich (1998)
Marvin Kantor, The Origins of Christianity in Bohemia: Sources and Commentary (1990) ([ Ссылка ])
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Who Was the Real 'Good King Wenceslas'?
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