THE IMAGE OF THE ENEMY AS A TOOL FOR REPRESENTING KING'S POWER IN THE SVERRIS SAGA: MILITARY ASPECT

Abstract

Тhe purpose of the article is to identify aspects of the depiction of the power of the monarch in the Sverrir Saga. The article discusses various groups of opponents of Sverriere, as well as the peculiarities of representation inherent in them. Sverrir began the struggle for power as an impostor, while the country was already beginning to calm down after the round of the Civil Wars - a monarch was anointed to the throne, whose support was a powerful father and clergy. Fierce confrontation created the need to form an ideological response to possible disputes over the legitimacy of Sverrir's power. The differentiation of opponents, as well as the social situation in which they appeared, created the need to use various tools in the course of the ideological struggle. In general, it is difficult to say that there is any controversy on the pages of the Saga. The enemies of Sverrir play a certain role in the ideological paradigm of the work, by their actions proving the "ideality" of the reign of the protagonist.