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The Illuminated Chronicle: Chronicle of the Deeds of the Hungarians from the Fourteenth-Century

The Illuminated Chronicle was composed in 1358 in the international artistic style at the royal court of Louis I of Hungary. Its text, presented here in a new edition and…

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Cosmas of Prague: The Chronicle of the Czechs - Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Bohemorum

The Latin-English bilingual volume presents the text of The Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague.

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Coronations: Medieval and Early Modern Monarchic Ritual

Janos M. Bak

Fascination with royal pomp and circumstance is as old as kingship itself. This book examines royal ceremonies from the 9th to the 16th century, and finds the very essence of…

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Coronations: Medieval and Early Modern Monarchic Ritual

Janos M. Bak

Fascination with royal pomp and circumstance is as old as kingship itself. This book examines royal ceremonies from the 9th to the 16th century, and finds the very essence of…

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Studies on the Illuminated Chronicle

The present volume of studies-a joint publication with the National Szechenyi Library, Budapest-is the first Subsidium of the Central European Medieval Text series, accompanying CEMT vol. IX on the Illuminated…

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Liberty and Socialism: Writings of Libertarian Socialists in Hungary, 1884-1919

These writings reveal a powerful current of thought in Hungary through World War I, illustrating both the diversity of thought in Central Europe and the kinship between Eastern and Western…

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Gesta Principum Polonorum: The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles

Written around 1112-1116, The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles tells the ancient history of Poland down to the reign of Boleslaw III. The chronicle contains information on Poland’s…

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Chronicon: Medieval Narrative Sources: A Chronological Guide with Introductory Essays

This practical guide aims to facilitate the discovery of narrative sources (chronicles, annals, saints’ lives) for a given area and time period. It lists editions, modern translations and, as far…

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Imre Nagy: A Biography

Janos M. Rainer

Presents the biography of Imre Nagy, a Communist leader. This book traces his life from his conventional, petty bourgeois childhood in south-west Hungary, through his tremendous political achievements and ultimate…

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The Man of Many Devices, Who Wandered Full Many Ways: Festschrift in Honor of JaNos M. Bak

Balazs Nagy (Associate Professor, Central European University, and Eoetvoes Lorand University, Budapest)

These essays and articles have been compiled to pay tribute to Professor Janos Bak on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Contributions are made not only from scholars of medieval…

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Studying Medieval Rulers and Their Subjects: Central Europe and Beyond

Janos M. Bak,edited by Balazs Nagy

Addresses questions of legitimization and representation of kings and queens through texts and ‘Herrschaftszeichen’ as well as the development of ‘coronation studies’. This title contains articles on social and political…

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Studying Medieval Rulers and Their Subjects: Central Europe and Beyond

Janos M. Bak,edited by Balazs Nagy

Addresses questions of legitimization and representation of kings and queens through texts and ‘Herrschaftszeichen’ as well as the development of ‘coronation studies’. This title contains articles on social and political…

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Anonymus and Master Roger

Contains two very different narratives: a work of literary imagination on early Hungarian history, and an eye-witness account of the Mongol invasion of 1241-1242. Both are for the first time…

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Times of Upheaval: Four Medievalists in Twentieth-Century Central Europe. Conversations with Jerzy Kloczowski, Janos M. Bak, Frantisek Smahel, and Herwig Wolfram

Pavlina Rychterova

The volume unites conversations with four masters of Medieval Studies from east-central Europe: Janos Bak from Hungary, Jerzy Kloczowski from Poland, Frantisek Smahel from the Czech Republic, and Herwig Wolfram…

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Mittelalterliche Geschichtsquellen in Chronologischer Ubersicht: Nebst Einer Auswahl Von Briefsammlungen

Janos M Bak

aB’s Ubersicht kann und will nicht den, altenae oder, neuenae (sowieso noch unvollstandigen) Potthast ersetzen. Es gibt hier vohl kein Kriterium, das zwangslaufig schluessiger ist als die Subjektivitat eines besonnenen…

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Manufacturing a Past for the Present: Forgery and Authenticity in Medievalist Texts and Objects in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Manufacturing a Past for the Present contains a series of essays on forgeries and manipulated texts and objects mainly in the service of modern nations emerging during the long nineteenth…

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