Where the Middle Ages Begin
The idea that Great Moravia was the earliest state of Central European Slavs, which was a direct predecessor of the statehood of the Czech Přemyslids, the Polish Piasts and the Hungarian Arpáds family, remains very much alive in the Central European region.
The paper explores urban public finance in the late medieval towns on the example of two largest cities in Moravia—Olomouc and Brno.
Great Moravia was an important, if short lived, autonomous state in medieval Central Europe.
The structure, function(s) and symbolism of early medieval (9th–10th centuries ad) fortified settlements from central Europe, in particular today’s Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, are examined in this paper.
Long ago, primordial forests, dark and impenetrable, surrounded the mountainous frontier, which today separates northeastern Bohemia from large parts of northern Moravia in the Czech Republic. This area was situated north of the sparsely populated flatlands of the March (Morava) River. The stillness of the forests remained largely undisturbed by man.
My work, thus, focuses on the intellectual concepts and practical policies involved in the development of treasuries in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in Bohemia. It oscillates between three main disciplines of history: art, religious, and cultural history.
What could the Byzantine Empire offer to Great Moravia in the field of education? Let’s leave aside the political and theological aspects of the mission for a while and point out, that Byzantium complied with Rastislav’s request out of political reasons as well. They considered Great Moravia a possible ally.
Because of such circumstances the intoxicating influence of idealism and utopia continued to be pressed forward. One pervasive ideal was communism.
The Archaeology of Medieval Villages in Bohemia and Moravia (Czech Republic) By Jan Klapste and Zdenek Smetanka Ruralia, Vol.1 (1996) Introduction: From the end of the 1950s, the exploration of Bohemian and Moravian medieval villages constituted a standard and gradually unfolding component of the programme of medieval archaeology. The idea of the medieval period in […]
The Lord’s Prayer “Our Father” indicates Slovenians are West Slavs Jandáček, Petr Paper given at the Fifth International Topical Conference (2007) Abstract The currently held opinion of the political and academic communities is that Slovenians are South (Yugo) Slavs. While this concept is expedient and based on Slovenian proximity to, and recent communal history with and […]
By Zoe Brooks, Czech Tours I have my perfect job. It combines two of my loves – history especially medieval history and the Czech Republic. Having successfully taken a party of 30 archaeology enthusiasts around some of the sites and sights of South Bohemia, I set up Czech Tours Ltd to offer off-the-shelf and custom-made historical […]
Metallography of the 9th century sword of a Great Moravian nobleman buried in Mikulčice By Hosek Jiri and Kosta Jiri Metalurgija: Journal of Metallurgy, Vol.12:2-3 (2006) Abstract: The investigated sword was uncovered in the basilica of the important Great Moravian settlement in Mikulčice. The importance of this 9th century weapon is demonstrated by the tomb […]
The history and archaeology of Great Moravia: an introduction By Florin Curta Early Medieval Europe, Vol.17:3 (2009) Introduction: Historical geography is not in fashion any more. With an increased awareness of, and consequently caution about, the constructed character of maps and borders – both old and modern – historians of the early Middle Ages have […]
Haskins Conference Papers: Cosmas on the See of Prague Lisa Wolverton (University of Oregon) Summary This paper considers the history of the bishopric of Prague written by Comas circa 1120. Comas used historical narrative to write a stinging critique of Czech politics. The dispute over Moravia coincided with the Investiture Contest yet Cosmas makes no […]
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