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There is a widespread concern today with the role and experiences
of ethnic and religious minorities, and their potential for
conflict and harmony with 'host communities' and with each other,
especially in towns. Interest in historical aspects of these
phenomena is growing rapidly, not least in studies of the long and
complex history of the towns of Central and Eastern Europe. Most
such studies focus on particular places or on particular groups,
but this volume offers a broader view covering the period from the
tenth to the sixteenth century and regions from Germany to Dalmatia
and from Epirus to Livonia, with an emphasis on the territory of
medieval Hungary. The focus is on the changing nature of identity,
perception and legal status of groups, on relations within and
between them, and on the ways in which these elements were affected
by the external political regimes and ideologies to which the towns
were subjected. Many of the places examined were notable for the
complexity of their ethnic and religious composition, and for their
exposure to a wide range of external influences, including
long-distance trade and tensions between settled and semi-nomadic
ways of life. Overall the volume illustrates the variety of ways in
which minorities found a place in towns - as citizens, outsiders,
or in some other role - and how that could vary according to local
circumstances and over time. Dealing with the formative period for
modern European towns, this volume not only reveals much about
medieval society and urban history, but poses questions still
relevant today.
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.
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.
This collection of essays is about sanctity, demonstrating the
multiplicity of aspects this condition had in Western medieval
Christianity. The studies concentrate on the complex set of the
socio-cultural phenomena of the cult of saints, in a variety of
regions from Egypt to Poland, with a focus on Italy and Central
Europe. The subjects of the contributions range in time from Pope
Damasus in the fourth until St. Christopher in the eighteenth
century. The diversity of approaches adopted by the
contributors-from literary analysis and historical anthropology to
archaeology and art history-represents the open and
multidisciplinary historical research that characterizes the
medievalist community at the Central European University. Top
erudition and scholarly precision meets the mystical world of
Catholic saints. Some of the essays contain numerous black and
white illustrations.
The studies in this volume concentrate on a complex set of
socio-cultural phenomena, the cult of saints, in a variety of
regions from Egypt to Poland, with a focus on Italy and Central
Europe. The subjects of the contributions range in time from the
fourth until the eighteenth century. The diversity of approaches
adopted by the contributors-from literary analysis and historical
anthropology to archaeology and art history-represents that open
and multidisciplinary historical research that characterizes the
work of Gabor Klaniczay to whom these essays are dedicated.
There is a widespread concern today with the role and experiences
of ethnic and religious minorities, and their potential for
conflict and harmony with 'host communities' and with each other,
especially in towns. Interest in historical aspects of these
phenomena is growing rapidly, not least in studies of the long and
complex history of the towns of Central and Eastern Europe. Most
such studies focus on particular places or on particular groups,
but this volume offers a broader view covering the period from the
tenth to the sixteenth century and regions from Germany to Dalmatia
and from Epirus to Livonia, with an emphasis on the territory of
medieval Hungary. The focus is on the changing nature of identity,
perception and legal status of groups, on relations within and
between them, and on the ways in which these elements were affected
by the external political regimes and ideologies to which the towns
were subjected. Many of the places examined were notable for the
complexity of their ethnic and religious composition, and for their
exposure to a wide range of external influences, including
long-distance trade and tensions between settled and semi-nomadic
ways of life. Overall the volume illustrates the variety of ways in
which minorities found a place in towns - as citizens, outsiders,
or in some other role - and how that could vary according to local
circumstances and over time. Dealing with the formative period for
modern European towns, this volume not only reveals much about
medieval society and urban history, but poses questions still
relevant today.
The existence and changing of generations in family life, business
and politics was a central feature of towns as well as rural
societies in earlier times. Even so, it remains understudied by
urban historians of the pre-modern period. This book aims to fill
some of this gap, containing twelve studies of generations in late
medieval and early modern European towns, ranging from the
Mediterranean to the Nordic countries, with a time-span from the
fourteenth to the early nineteenth century. Dealing with topics
like succession and inheritance, family consciousness, as well as
relations and conflicts within and between generations, the
articles demonstrate the importance and potential of generational
studies on pre-modern towns. The book will appeal to anyone who
takes an interest in urban social and cultural history, legal and
family history in medieval and early modern times.
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