Nada Zečević - Oxford Handbook of Medieval Central Europe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Zecevic, Nada, editor. | Ziemann, Daniel, editor.

Title: Oxford handbook of medieval Central Europe / Nada Zecevic, Daniel Ziemann.

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022] |

Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2021056067 (print) | LCCN 2021056068 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780190920715 (hardback) | ISBN 9780190920739 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Europe, CentralHistoryTo 1500. |

Europe, CentralCivilization. | Civilization, Medieval.

Classification: LCC DAW1046 .O94 2022 (print) | LCC DAW1046 (ebook) |

DDC 943/.01dc23/eng/20220105

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056067

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056068

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190920715.001.0001

Nada Zeevi teaches the history of the Balkans at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she also directs the Centre for the Study of the Balkans. She earned her PhD in Medieval Studies from the Central European University (CEU), Hungary (2004). Dr. Zeevis research focuses on the history of the Balkan peninsula and its global relations, the historical societies of this region, and interpretations of its past.

Daniel Ziemann is Associate Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna. He is a medieval historian and received his PhD in history from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt on the Main in 2002. Prior to his appointment at CEU in 2009, he taught at the University of Cologne. He researches the political and legal history of the early and high Middle Ages with a special focus on Southeast and Central Europe.

Nada Zeevi and Daniel Ziemann

Nada Zeevi

Andrs Vadas

Daniel Ziemann

Julia Burkhardt

Jnos M. Bak and Suzana Miljan

Jnos M. Bak and Yuriy Zazuliak

Attila Brny

Gerald Schwedler and Pawe Figurski, with contributions by Lszl Veszprmy, Emir O. Filipovi, and Christian Raffensperger

Cosmin Popa-Gorjanu

Stefan Donecker

Michaela Antonn Malankov, Witold Brzeziski, and Marija Mogorovi Crljenko

Edit Srosi

Katalin Szende and Felicitas Schmieder

Grzegorz Myliwski and Balzs Nagy

Farkas Gbor Kiss and Lucie Dolealov

Anna Adamska

Bla Zsolt Szakcs and Zo Opai

Gerhard Jaritz

Stanislava Kuzmov

Agata Zielinska and Igor Razum

Tams Visi

Marie-Madeleine de Cevins, with contributions by Marek Derwich and Beatrix Romhnyi

Levente Self

Pawe Gancarczyk

Jnos M. Bak and Gbor Klaniczay

Anna Adamska, Utrecht University, Utrecht

Jnos M. Bak, 19292020

Attila Brny, Debrecen University, Debrecen

Witold Brzeziski, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego, Bydgoszcz

Julia Burkhardt, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg

Marie-Madeleine de Cevins, University of Rennes

Marek Derwich, University of Wrocaw, Wrocaw

Lucie Dolealov, Charles University, Prague

Stefan Donecker, Austrian Academy of SciencesInstitute for Medieval Research, Vienna

Farkas Gbor Kiss, Etvs Lornd University, Budapest

Pawe Figurski, University of Warsaw, Warsaw

Emir O. Filipovi, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo

Pawe Gancarczyk, Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Gerhard Jaritz, Central European University, Budapest/Vienna

Gbor Klaniczay, Central European University, Budapest/Vienna

Stanislava Kuzmov, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava

Michaela Antonn Malankov, Palack University, Olomouc

Suzana Miljan, Institute of Historical and Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb

Marija Mogorovi Crljenko, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula

Grzegorz Myliwski, University of Warsaw, Warsaw

Balzs Nagy, Etvs Lornd University and Central European University, Budapest/Vienna

Zo Opai, Birkbeck College, London

Cosmin Popa-Gorjanu, 1 Decembrie 1918, University of Alba Iulia, Alba Iulia

Christian Raffensperger, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH

Igor Razum, Central European University, Budapest/Vienna

Beatrix Romhnyi, Gspr Kroli Calvinist University, Budapest

Edit Srosi, Budapest History Museum, Budapest

Felicitas Schmieder, FernUniversitt Hagen, Hagen

Gerald Schwedler, University of Zrich, Zrich

Levente Self, Etvs Lornd University, Budapest

Bla Zsolt Szakcs, Pzmny Pter Catholic University, Piliscsaba and Central European University, Budapest/Vienna

Katalin Szende, Central European University, Budapest/Vienna

Andrs Vadas, Etvs Lornd University, Budapest

Lszl Veszprmy, Institute of Military History, Budapest

Tams Visi, Palack University, Olomouc

Yuriy Zazuliak, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv

Nada Zeevi, Goldsmiths University of London, London

Agata Zielinska, University College, London

Daniel Ziemann, Central European University, Budapest/Vienna

A tale is but half told when only one person tells it, says a wise medieval maxim. Our groups work on this Handbook would never have been complete without the gracious support of:

Dr. Judith Rasson, Los Angeles, whose meticulous language scrutiny, experience in editing, and incredible degree of collegial patience helped us align our thoughts and formats with standard English usage and our dialects with the standards and style of native English expression.

Professor Katalin Szende, Medieval Studies Department, Central European University, Vienna/Budapest, director of the Medieval Central European Research Network (MECERN), who patiently used MECERNs diverse resources to address all our needs for interdisciplinary expertise and smoothed our outreach to the members of the network.

The Humanities Initiative at Central European University of Vienna/Budapest, for generously providing the funds to foster discussion among the volumes contributors at MECERNs conferences in Olomouc and Zagreb (2016 and 2018), and for supporting the costs of preparing this volume for publication in the English language.