Where the Middle Ages Begin
In the 14th century, a time of civil wars, religious and dynastic strifes, epidemics, natural disasters and miserable living conditions for the wider strata in the cities and the countryside that increased migratory movements, banditry, an indigenous phenomenon in the Balkan mountainous regions, intermingled with the intensified political struggles.
The first part of the article gives a brief overview of the history of Croatian literacy up to the first written record of poetry in the Old Croatian language.
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.
The place that lies between : Slavonia in the 10th and 11th centuries Mikecz, Jeremy MA Thesis in Medieval Studies, Central European University Budapest, May (2009) Abstract Medieval Slavonia was a place between – a place between cultures and kingdoms. In the tenth and eleventh century it existed at the intersection of a variety of cultural, political, […]
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