This groundbreaking comparative history of the early centuries of Bohemia, Hungary and Poland sets the development of each polity in the context of the central European region as a whole. Focusing on the origins of the realms and their development in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the book concludes with the thirteenth century when significant changes in social and economic structures occurred. The book presents a series of thematic chapters on every aspect of the early history of the region covering political, religious, economic, social and cultural developments, including an investigation of origin myths that questions traditional national narratives. It also explores the ways in which west European patterns were appropriated and adapted through the local initiatives of rulers, nobles and ecclesiastics in central Europe. An ideal introduction to the essential themes in medieval central European history, the book sheds important new light on regional similarities and differences.
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1. Introduction; 2. The history of the region and the question of origins; 3. The formation of polities and Christianization; 4. Political life and government c.1050–c.1200; 5. Society and the economy, eleventh-twelfth centuries; 6. Ecclesiastical history, eleventh-thirteenth centuries; 7. New developments of the thirteenth century; Select bibliography.
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'This welcome synthesis provides an up to-date history of the High Middle Ages in a region that is too little-known and understood in the Anglophone world. … This volume, enhanced by three maps, is sure to become the standard in English. Summing up: essential. All levels/libraries.' P. W. Knoll, Choice
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A groundbreaking comparative history of the formation of Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, from their origins in the eleventh century.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521786959
Publisert
2013-12-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
670 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
P, U, 06, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
546