Medievalists.net » Avars http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Hungary’s Conversion to Christianity: The Establishment of Hungarian Statehood and its Consequences to the Thirteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:21:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52242 The Carpathian Basin occupies a peculiar place in history. It was the ground where Roman-Germanic world met that of the Slavs and mounted nomad peoples, where no group had achieved sustained unity before the state of Hungary was founded.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/feed/ 0 White Croatia and the arrival of the Croats: an interpretation of Constantine Porphyrogenitus on the oldest Dalmatian history http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/23/white-croatia-arrival-croats-interpretation-constantine-porphyrogenitus-oldest-dalmatian-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/23/white-croatia-arrival-croats-interpretation-constantine-porphyrogenitus-oldest-dalmatian-history/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:40:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51290 The article examines Constantine Porphyrogenitus’ (913–59) witness on the arrival of the Croats in Dalmatia during the seventh century. The emperor’s narrative proposes a migration from a land called White Croatia, located somewhere in central Europe, and a battle with the Avars in order to secure their new territory.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/23/white-croatia-arrival-croats-interpretation-constantine-porphyrogenitus-oldest-dalmatian-history/feed/ 0 Did a Megadrought force the Huns to invade Europe? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/did-a-megadrought-force-the-huns-to-invade-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/did-a-megadrought-force-the-huns-to-invade-europe/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:13:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47271 The worst megadrought in the last 2000 years hit Central Asia around 360 AD, new study finds

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/did-a-megadrought-force-the-huns-to-invade-europe/feed/ 0 Dark Age Migrations and Subjective Ethnicity: The Example of the Lombards http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/05/dark-age-migrations-and-subjective-ethnicity-the-example-of-the-lombards/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/05/dark-age-migrations-and-subjective-ethnicity-the-example-of-the-lombards/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:07:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37771 This study is an attempt to clarify the functions and structure of the Volker- wanderungen. Peoples or warrior-bands? The basic problem is that small warrior bands as well as big migrations of peoples are characterized in the same way by the classical and early medieval writers: they used tribal names.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/05/dark-age-migrations-and-subjective-ethnicity-the-example-of-the-lombards/feed/ 0 Byzantine Coins from the 6th and the 7th Century Found in Poland and their East Central European Context http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/20/byzantine-coins-from-the-6th-and-the-7th-century-found-in-poland-and-their-east-central-european-context-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/20/byzantine-coins-from-the-6th-and-the-7th-century-found-in-poland-and-their-east-central-european-context-2/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:21:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30354 In principle, the location of coins from the 6th and the 7th century in Poland corresponds to geographic distribution of the oldest finds related with the Slavs; the coins were found in South-Eastern Poland.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/20/byzantine-coins-from-the-6th-and-the-7th-century-found-in-poland-and-their-east-central-european-context-2/feed/ 0 Conceptions of Ethnicity in Early Medieval Studies http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/conceptions-of-ethnicity-in-early-medieval-studies/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/conceptions-of-ethnicity-in-early-medieval-studies/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29124 Today's nationalist movements in many eastern European countries have rediscovered the nineteenth-century ideal of the homogeneous nation-state; it is sad to see that after so many tragedies it has brought about, some more seem to follow, and often in the name of history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/conceptions-of-ethnicity-in-early-medieval-studies/feed/ 0 The End of the Lower Danubian Limes: A Violent or a Peaceful Process? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/20/the-end-of-the-lower-danubian-limes-a-violent-or-a-peaceful-process/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/20/the-end-of-the-lower-danubian-limes-a-violent-or-a-peaceful-process/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:20:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=18755 The End of the Lower Danubian Limes: A Violent or a Peaceful Process? By Alexandru Madgearu Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica, Vol.12 (2006) Abstract: If we consider that the end of the limes signified the abandonment of the fortresses by the Byzantine army, then we should agree that this process was violent, but only before 598. […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/20/the-end-of-the-lower-danubian-limes-a-violent-or-a-peaceful-process/feed/ 0 Byzantines, Avars and the Introduction of the Trebuchet http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/10/byzantines-avars-and-the-introduction-of-the-trebuchet/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/10/byzantines-avars-and-the-introduction-of-the-trebuchet/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:34:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=18208 Byzantines, Avars and the Introduction of the Trebuchet By Stephen McCotter Published Online (2003) Introduction: While there has been much debate over when the traction trebuchet appeared in the west and the extent to which it replaced late-antique torsion weapons there, its appearance in eastern Europe and the Mediterranean has attracted less attention. This cannot afford […]

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