East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 write by Jean W. Sedlar. This book was released on 2013-03-01. East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although the Middle Ages saw brilliant achievements in the diverse nations of East Central Europe, this period has been almost totally neglected in Western historical scholarship. East Central Europe in the Middle Ages provides a much-needed overview of the history of the region from the time when the present nationalities established their state structures and adopted Christianity up to the Ottoman conquest. Jean Sedlar’s excellent synthesis clarifies what was going on in Europe between the Elbe and the Ukraine during the Middle Ages, making available for the first time in a single volume information necessary to a fuller understanding of the early history of present-day Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and the former Yugoslavia. Sedlar writes clearly and fluently, drawing upon publications in numerous languages to craft a masterful study that is accessible and valuable to the general reader and the expert alike. The book is organized thematically; within this framework Sedlar has sought to integrate nationalities and to draw comparisons. Topics covered include early migrations, state formation, monarchies, classes (nobles, landholders, peasants, herders, serfs, and slaves), towns, religion, war, governments, laws and justice, commerce and money, foreign affairs, ethnicity and nationalism, languages and literature, and education and literacy. After the Middle Ages these nations were subsumed by the Ottoman, Habsburg, Russian, and Prussian-German empires. This loss of independence means that their history prior to foreign conquest has acquired exceptional importance in today’s national consciousness, and the medieval period remains a major point of reference and a source of national pride and ethnic identity. This book is a substantial and timely contribution to our knowledge of the history of East Central Europe.
East Central & Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages
East Central & Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook East Central & Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages write by Florin Curta. This book was released on 2005. East Central & Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Studies on the history and archaeology of Eastern Europe during the early Middle Ages
The Rise of Medieval Towns and States in East Central Europe
The Rise of Medieval Towns and States in East Central Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise of Medieval Towns and States in East Central Europe write by Jiri Machacek. This book was released on 2010-03-02. The Rise of Medieval Towns and States in East Central Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a contribution to efforts to understand the transformation that took place across the European continent, and in particular East Central Europe, during the second half of the first millennium. Its goal is to draw conclusions primarily on the basis of the archaeological evidence from important early medieval centres. A special emphasis is given to Pohansko near Břeclav (Czech Republic), perhaps the best studied centre of its kind in the entire region. In terms of methodology the book marks a new attempt to interlink a number of proven methodological tools used in western archaeology from the 1970’s, to new questions related to a cognitive approach to archaeology and the positivist tradition of Central European archaeology.
Rulership in Medieval East Central Europe
Rulership in Medieval East Central Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rulership in Medieval East Central Europe write by Grischa Vercamer. This book was released on 2021-11. Rulership in Medieval East Central Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 19 substantial chapters provide the first overview of research on rulership in theory and practice, with a particular emphasis on monarchies of Bohemia, Hungary and Poland in the High and Late Middle Ages.
Medieval East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective
Medieval East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medieval East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective write by Gerhard Jaritz. This book was released on 2016-05-12. Medieval East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Medieval East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective draws together the new perspectives concerning the relevance of East Central Europe for current historiography by placing the region in various comparative contexts. The chapters compare conditions within East Central Europe, as well as between East Central Europe, the rest of the continent, and beyond. Including 15 original chapters from an interdisciplinary team of contributors, this collection begins by posing the question: "What is East Central Europe?" with three specialists offering different interpretations and presenting new conclusions. The book is then grouped into five parts which examine political practice, religion, urban experience, and art and literature. The contributors question and explain the reasons for similarities and differences in governance and strategies for handling allies, enemies or subjects in particular ways. They point out themes and structures from town planning to religious orders that did not function according to political boundaries, and for which the inclusion of East Central European territories was systemic. The volume offers a new interpretation of medieval East Central Europe, beyond its traditional limits in space and time and beyond the established conceptual schemes. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of medieval East Central Europe.
