Medievalists.net » Huns 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 Why did Attila leave Italy? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/27/why-did-attila-leave-italy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/27/why-did-attila-leave-italy/#comments Wed, 27 May 2015 22:30:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58478 Reporting on the paper 'Attila’s Appetite: The Logistics of Attila the Hun’s Invasion of Italy in 452', by Jason Linn, given at the International Congress on Medieval Studies

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/27/why-did-attila-leave-italy/feed/ 0 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 Scandinavia and the Huns: an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Migration Era http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/scandinavia-huns-interdisciplinary-approach-migration-era/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/scandinavia-huns-interdisciplinary-approach-migration-era/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:42:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51137 The aim of this paper is to discuss the early Migration period as a particular period of ‘short term history’ and its formative impact on the Scandinavian longue duree in the first millenium.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/scandinavia-huns-interdisciplinary-approach-migration-era/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 Here comes the Hun again… http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/01/here-comes-the-hun-again/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/01/here-comes-the-hun-again/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:44:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44610 TSMorangles takes a look at the 1954 film Sign of the Pagan, starring Jack Palance as Attila and Jeff Chandler as Marcian.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/01/here-comes-the-hun-again/feed/ 0 Sacred Kingship among the Peoples of the Steppes http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/sacred-kingship-among-the-peoples-of-the-steppes/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/sacred-kingship-among-the-peoples-of-the-steppes/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:46:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29122 eurThe vast belt of the Steppes, located between the Hungarian plains and the Great Wall of China,
runs along the southern edge of the Eurasian arboreal zone. Starting in the 1st millenium B.C. this region has been inhabited by Iranian, Hunnish, Turkish and Mongol mounted nomads who, at various times, unified a large portion of the Steppes into a single empire.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/sacred-kingship-among-the-peoples-of-the-steppes/feed/ 0 Odoacer: German or Hun? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/25/odoacer-german-or-hun/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/25/odoacer-german-or-hun/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:56:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27428 The careers of Odoacer, of his father, and of his brother - even of his ill-fated son - were entirely consistent with those which could have been achieved by noble Huns in the generation after Attila's death

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/25/odoacer-german-or-hun/feed/ 0 The Western Roman Embassy to the Court of Attila in AD 449 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/20/the-western-roman-embassy-to-the-court-of-attila-in-ad-449/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/20/the-western-roman-embassy-to-the-court-of-attila-in-ad-449/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:50:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22001 The Western Roman Embassy to the Court of Attila in AD 449 By Hrvoje Gracanin Byzantinoslavica, Vol. 61 (2003) Abstract: Based on the analysis of an early Byzantine source, The History of Byzantium and of the Period of Attila, by Priscus of Panium, the author tires to form a plausible conjecture about the true purpose […]

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