The Oxford handbook of medieval Central Europe [electronic resource] / edited by Nada Zečević and Daniel Ziemann.

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"The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Central Europe summarizes the political, social, and cultural medieval history of Central Europe (ca. AD 800-1600), a region long considered a "forgotten" area of the European past. The 24 cutting-edge chapters present up-to-date research about the region's core medi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zečević, Nada (Editor)
Ziemann, Daniel (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Civilization, Medieval.
Europe, Central > History > To 1500.
Europe, Central > Civilization.
Online Access:
Oxford Handbooks Online: 2022 (Oxford Academic)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • "Central Europe" : perceptions, definitions, and comparisons in a historiographical context / Nada Zec̆ević
  • Geography, natural resources, and environment / András Vadas
  • From Avars to Slavs to the first medieval kingdoms in central Europe : population and settlement, 700-1100 / Daniel Ziemann
  • The central European states : from monarch to Standestaat / Julia Burkhardt
  • Government : central and local administration / Janos M. Bak and Suzana Miljan
  • Law and the administration of justice / János M. Bak and Yuriy Zazuliak
  • Wars, warfare, and military organization / Attila Bárány
  • Cooperation and conflict in diplomacy and war within and around central Europe / Gerald Schwedler and Paweł Figurski with contributions by László Veszprémy, Emir O. Filipović and Christian Raffensperger / Changing elites in medieval central Europe / Cosmin Popa-Gorjanu
  • Locals and immigrants in medieval Central Europe / Stefan Donecker
  • Gender and family in medieval central Europe / Michaela Antonín Malaníková, Witold Brzezińksi and Marija Mogorović Crljenko
  • Rural land management in medieval central Europe / Edit Sárosi
  • Cities and towns in medieval central Europe / Katalin Szende and Felicitas Schmieder
  • Mining, finances, and commerce in medieval central Europe / Grzegroz Myśliwski and Balázs Nagy
  • Cultural landscapes : education and literature / Farkas Gábor Kiss and Lucie Doležalová
  • A history of social communication in east-central Europe : words, scripts, and beyond / Anna Adamska
  • Art and architecture in medieval East central Europe / Béla Zsolt Szakács and Zoë Opačić
  • Contexts of late medieval daily life / Gerhard Jaritz
  • Religious practices (and confessional variants) in medieval central Europe / Stanislava Kuzmová
  • The papacy and the region, church structure, and clergy / Agata Zielinska and Igor Razum
  • Jews in medieval central Europe / Tamas Visi
  • Monasticism in medieval central Europe (c. 800-c. 1550) / Marie-Madeleine de Cevins, with contributions by Marek Derwich and Beatrix Romhányi
  • The image of east central Europe in medieval European literature / Levente Seláf
  • Musical culture in medieval central Europe / Paweł Gancarzyk
  • The Middle Ages after the Middle Ages : popular traditions and medievalism / János M. Bak and Gábor Klaniczay.