Medievalists.net » Transylvania 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 Delivering stability: Primogeniture and autocratic survival in European monarchies 1000-1800 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:14:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40138 Although the dominating position of primogeniture at the end of the period might seem natural given primogeniture's many advantages for the monarch and the ruling elite it was first rather late in history that the principle came to dominate Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/feed/ 0 Transylvanian Identities in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/transylvanian-identities-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/transylvanian-identities-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:33:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37450 Identity has become a subject of historical exploration as it is also one of the themes examined from the perspectives of various disciplines belonging to the social sciences such as sociology, psychology or anthropology.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/transylvanian-identities-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Martin Bylica at the Court of Matthias Corvinus: Astrology and Politics in Renaissance Hungary http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/22/martin-bylica-at-the-court-of-matthias-corvinus-astrology-and-politics-in-renaissance-hungary/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/22/martin-bylica-at-the-court-of-matthias-corvinus-astrology-and-politics-in-renaissance-hungary/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:52:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34046 Late in the spring 1468, Matthias Corvinus convened the Hungarian diet in the city of Pozsony. Holding the diet in Pozsony enabled him to impress the Hungarian nobles with the local intellectual community that had begun to form at his fledgling Academia Istropolitana, which he had founded the previous year.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/22/martin-bylica-at-the-court-of-matthias-corvinus-astrology-and-politics-in-renaissance-hungary/feed/ 0 Transylvania in Hungarian History: An Introduction http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/transylvania-in-hungarian-history-an-introduction/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/transylvania-in-hungarian-history-an-introduction/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:58:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32365 From their Balkan homeland the Vlachs began their migrations north in the thirteenth century, migrations that were accelerated no doubt by the beginning of Ottoman Turkish expansion into the Balkans.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/transylvania-in-hungarian-history-an-introduction/feed/ 0 Braşov (Kronstadt) in the Defence against the Turks (1438–1479) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/brasov-kronstadt-in-the-defence-against-the-turks-1438-1479/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/brasov-kronstadt-in-the-defence-against-the-turks-1438-1479/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:23:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32358 Confrontation with Ottoman expansion began for Braşov at the end of the 14th century with the treaty with Mircea the Elder in the year 1395 which was part of King Sigismund of Luxembourg’s anti-Ottoman policy and was signed in Braşov.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/brasov-kronstadt-in-the-defence-against-the-turks-1438-1479/feed/ 0 Salt trade and warfare in early medieval Transylvania http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/25/salt-trade-and-warfare-in-early-medieval-transylvania/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/25/salt-trade-and-warfare-in-early-medieval-transylvania/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:41:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27418 For medieval man, salt was a strategic resource as important as iron and gold.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/25/salt-trade-and-warfare-in-early-medieval-transylvania/feed/ 0 Vlad Dracula and Coeval Armatura http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/30/vlad-dracula-and-coeval-armatura/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/30/vlad-dracula-and-coeval-armatura/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:47:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26790 The famous/infamous European hero, crusader and voivod, Vlad “Tepes” Dracula III (1431-1476), was actually (for better or for worse) one of knightly peers of European Chivalry.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/30/vlad-dracula-and-coeval-armatura/feed/ 0 The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/13/20680/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/13/20680/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 04:37:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20680 The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula Annette Bauer - recorders, voice, percussion, citole, bells Phoebe Jevtovic - voice, bells Shira Kammen – vielle, harp, voice Tim Rayborn – psaltery, percussion ‘ud, citole Tonight, we were delighted that we had a fantastic opportunity to attend a concert by Cançonièr. Cançonièr, “songbook” […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/13/20680/feed/ 0 The spirit of the transilvanian fortified churches…The people have left, their buildings remain http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/14/the-spirit-of-the-transilvanian-fortified-churches-the-people-have-left-their-buildings-remain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/14/the-spirit-of-the-transilvanian-fortified-churches-the-people-have-left-their-buildings-remain/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:03:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=18407 The spirit of the transilvanian fortified churches…The people have left, their buildings remain Szaktilla, Sebastian Paper give at the 16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’, 29 sept – 4 oct 2008, Quebec, Canada Abstract The fortified churches of the  ́Transilvanian Saxons ́ in Romania are unique […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/14/the-spirit-of-the-transilvanian-fortified-churches-the-people-have-left-their-buildings-remain/feed/ 0 The Lost Libraries of Transylvania: Some Examples from the 15th and 16th Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/06/the-lost-libraries-of-transylvania-some-examples-from-the-15th-and-16th-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/06/the-lost-libraries-of-transylvania-some-examples-from-the-15th-and-16th-centuries/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:07:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17974 The Lost Libraries of Transylvania: Some Examples from the 15th and 16th Centuries By Adinel Dinca Paper given at the 75th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (2009) Abstract: Although books in Latin were used in Transylvania during the Late Middle Ages (c.13 ‐ 15), the collections of the province (all in dire need of […]

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