Legenda Christiani and Modern Historiography focuses on the long history of the discussion over the authenticity ofLegenda Christiani,/i>, a crucial text for the medieval history of the Czech l
"The Jayhn tradition contains the most detailed description of the Magyars/Hungarians before the Conquest of the Carpathian Basin (895). Unfortunately, the book itself was lost and it can only be reco
"The Ideal Ruler in Medieval Bohemia discusses the development of medieval concepts and ideas about just and unjust rulership in medieval Bohemia. This theme is examined in the context of European pol
This book is devoted to the Old Rus’ dress of the Upper Volga region, as gleaned from the archaeological evidence of the burial sites from the late 10th century to the 13th century.
In an expanded and elaborated English version of his 2002 Slovak book, Homza explores the history of female royal saints in Central and East Europe from the 10th to the 13th centuries but in some c
In Chosen Places, Constructing New Jerusalems in Slavia Orthodoxa Jelena Erdeljan examines the Old Testament topic of God-chosen status of Jerusalem and the phenomenon of translatio Hierosolymi in vis
"Power and Exploitation in the Czech Lands in the 10th-12th Centuries : A Central European Perspective offers a unique analysis of the history of early medieval Czech society. It draws new attention t
In The Gniezno Summit Roman Michalowski points to the significance of the relics, kept in Gniezno, of St. Adalbert, regarded as an apostle, and to Emperor Otto III’s profoundly ascetic spirituality.
In Rituals and Symbolic Communication in Medieval Hungary under the Árpád Dynasty (1000 - 1301) Dušan Zupka examines rituals as means of symbolic communication in medieval political culture focusing o
Medieval Jewelry and Burial Assemblages in Croatia analyzes the Croatian archaeological heritage from the 8th to the 15th century, consisting mostly of jewelry (earrings) findings from cemeteries. Str
In Transylvania in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century Tudor Salagean describes the rise ofRegnum Transilvanum, a historical link between the early medieval regnum Erdewel of duke Gyula and the
"This book offers a biography of a key East Central European ruler, Vladislaus Henry, who ruled the Margraviate of Moravia from 1198 to 1222 and, in cooperation with his brother, King Pemysl Otakar I
In Avar-Age Polearms and Edged Weapons, Gergely Csiky offers an account of the classification, manufacturing techniques, distribution, chronology, cultural contacts, and social significance of polearm
The Premyslids were a middle European dynasty that ruled Bohemia and Moravia from the 880s to 1306, says Kalhous (early medieval history, Masaryk U., Brno, Czech Republic), and are virtually unknown t
This impressive history details for the first time in English the political activities of the Bulgars and their relationship with the Byzantines in the Middle Ages. Sophoulis (history, U. of Athens, G
Bodzia is a unique, elite cemetery in Poland from the Late Viking Age. Its pecularities are defined by the number of rich burials of incomers whose origins were connected with the Slavic, Nomadic Khaz
Between the sixth and the tenth centuries, often called The Dark Ages, Europe was closed for renovations after the Roman Empire ended but before the Medieval feudal system was quite up and running. Bu
In this volume Iurie Stamati analyzes the archaeological discourse on the place of the old Slavs in the medieval history of Moldova of the Soviet period.
This volume focuses on a nobleman’s grave found in a ninth-century building near Pohansko, an important centre of Great Moravia, to reconsider the wider frameworks of Moravian power, society, and cult
This book offers a new approach to the late 10th- and early 11th-century state of Samuel. Mitko B. Panov deconstructs the Byzantine distorted image of the Samuel’s polity that was recycled by the Balk
