Medievalists.net » Piast Dynasty 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 The cultural identity of medieval Silesia: the case of art and architecture http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/11/cultural-identity-medieval-silesia-case-art-architecture/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/11/cultural-identity-medieval-silesia-case-art-architecture/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:41:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51782 The cultural identity of architecture and visual arts of the Middle Ages in Silesia can be analyzed in the following frameworks: 1.) the distinct formal features of local artwork; 2.) the specific content expressed through it. Macro factors (the type of materials and their availability) are important in architecture, as are architectural patterns and styles.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/11/cultural-identity-medieval-silesia-case-art-architecture/feed/ 0 Princess Salomea and Hungarian – Polish Relations in the Period 1214 – 1241 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/09/princess-salomea-and-hungarian-polish-relations-in-the-period-1214-1241/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/09/princess-salomea-and-hungarian-polish-relations-in-the-period-1214-1241/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:02:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38628 It is necessary to say at the beginning that almost all works devoted to Salomea come from the pens of Polish historians. Slovak and Hungarian historiography has devoted little attention to her, in spite of the fact that she played a part in the history of the Kingdom of Hungary.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/09/princess-salomea-and-hungarian-polish-relations-in-the-period-1214-1241/feed/ 0 More about Magnus, Count of Wroclaw http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/more-about-magnus-count-of-wroclaw/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/more-about-magnus-count-of-wroclaw/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:53:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25400 More about Magnus, Count of Wroclaw Skarbek-Kozietulski, Marek Genealogia Mediaevalis Genetica, August 4, (2011) Abstract Twentieth-century German medieval researchers saw Piotr Wlostowic, the famous Palatine of the Polish Duke Wladyslaw II the Exile, as a grandson of Magnus, the Count (Comes) of Wroclaw. They argued this from two sources, the records of Gallus Anonymus’ “Polish […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/more-about-magnus-count-of-wroclaw/feed/ 0 Streets in Medieval Wrocław http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/07/streets-in-medieval-wroclaw/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/07/streets-in-medieval-wroclaw/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:05:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22527 Streets in Medieval Wrocław/Ulice średniowiecznego Wrocławia Piekalski, Jerzy (Zakład Archeologii Średniowiecza – Universitetu Wrocławkiego) Instytut Archeologii Universitetu Wrocławkiego (2010) Abstract During the Middle Ages Wrocław, the main city in Silesia, continued to evolve in response to changing economy, laws and demography. During its preurban phase, which is dated from the tenth until early thirteenth century, […]

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