Medievalists.net » Moravia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 ‘Great Moravian State’: a controversy in Central European medieval studies http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/08/great-moravian-state-a-controversy-in-central-european-medieval-studies/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/08/great-moravian-state-a-controversy-in-central-european-medieval-studies/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2015 02:27:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57488 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/08/great-moravian-state-a-controversy-in-central-european-medieval-studies/feed/ 0 Taxes, Loans, Credit and Debts in the 15th Century Towns of Moravia: A Case Study of Olomouc and Brno http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/taxes-loans-credit-debts-15th-century-towns-moravia-case-study-olomouc-brno/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/taxes-loans-credit-debts-15th-century-towns-moravia-case-study-olomouc-brno/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2014 18:59:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52387 The paper explores urban public finance in the late medieval towns on the example of two largest cities in Moravia—Olomouc and Brno.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/taxes-loans-credit-debts-15th-century-towns-moravia-case-study-olomouc-brno/feed/ 0 Great Moravia: The Forgotten Kingdom http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/17/great-moravia-forgotten-kingdom/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/17/great-moravia-forgotten-kingdom/#comments Sat, 17 May 2014 21:16:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49652 Great Moravia was an important, if short lived, autonomous state in medieval Central Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/17/great-moravia-forgotten-kingdom/feed/ 0 Fortified Settlements of the 9th and 10th Centuries ad in Central Europe: Structure, Function and Symbolism http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/10/fortified-settlements-9th-10th-centuries-ad-central-europe-structure-function-symbolism/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/10/fortified-settlements-9th-10th-centuries-ad-central-europe-structure-function-symbolism/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:33:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48202 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/10/fortified-settlements-9th-10th-centuries-ad-central-europe-structure-function-symbolism/feed/ 0 The Early German Settlement of North Eastern Moravia: and What the Pied Piper of Hamelin Had to Do with It http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-early-german-settlement-of-north-eastern-moravia-and-what-the-pied-piper-of-hamelin-had-to-do-with-it/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-early-german-settlement-of-north-eastern-moravia-and-what-the-pied-piper-of-hamelin-had-to-do-with-it/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 20:45:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46173 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-early-german-settlement-of-north-eastern-moravia-and-what-the-pied-piper-of-hamelin-had-to-do-with-it/feed/ 0 In Heaven and on Earth: Church Treasure in Late Medieval Bohemia http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/in-heaven-and-on-earth-church-treasure-in-late-medieval-bohemia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/in-heaven-and-on-earth-church-treasure-in-late-medieval-bohemia/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:25:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34803 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/in-heaven-and-on-earth-church-treasure-in-late-medieval-bohemia/feed/ 0 BYZANTINE EMPIRE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE IN GREAT MORAVIA http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/22/byzantine-empire-and-its-influence-on-the-educational-structure-in-great-moravia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/22/byzantine-empire-and-its-influence-on-the-educational-structure-in-great-moravia/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:36:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34063 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/22/byzantine-empire-and-its-influence-on-the-educational-structure-in-great-moravia/feed/ 0 “Neither Mine Nor Thine”: Communist Experiments in Hussite Bohemia http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/neither-mine-nor-thine-communist-experiments-in-hussite-bohemia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/neither-mine-nor-thine-communist-experiments-in-hussite-bohemia/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:48:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29444 Because of such circumstances the intoxicating influence of idealism and utopia continued to be pressed forward. One pervasive ideal was communism.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/neither-mine-nor-thine-communist-experiments-in-hussite-bohemia/feed/ 0 The Archaeology of Medieval Villages in Bohemia and Moravia (Czech Republic) http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/11/the-archaeology-of-medieval-villages-in-bohemia-and-moravia-czech-republic/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/11/the-archaeology-of-medieval-villages-in-bohemia-and-moravia-czech-republic/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:41:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25314 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 […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/11/the-archaeology-of-medieval-villages-in-bohemia-and-moravia-czech-republic/feed/ 0 The Lord’s Prayer “Our Father” indicates Slovenians are West Slavs http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/21/the-lords-prayer-our-father-indicates-slovenians-are-west-slavs/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/21/the-lords-prayer-our-father-indicates-slovenians-are-west-slavs/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:06:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24364 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 […]

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