Oxford Handbook of Medieval Central Europe

Nada Zecevic teaches the history of the Balkans at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she also directs the Centre for the Study of the Balkans. Daniel Ziemann is Associate Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna.

Introduction: "Central Europe:" Perceptions, Definitions, and Comparisons in a Historiographical Context
Nada Zecevic

PART I. LAND, PEOPLE, AND STRUCTURES OF POWER

1. Geography, Natural Resources, and Environment
András Vadas
2. From Avars and Slavs to the First Medieval Kingdoms in Central Europe: Population and Settlement, 700-1100
Daniel Ziemann
3. The Central European States: From Monarchy to Ständestaat
Julia Burkhardt
4. Government: Central and Local Administration
János M. Bak and Suzana Miljan
5. Law and the Administration of Justice
János M. Bak and Yuriy Zazuliak
6. Wars, Warfare, and Military Organization
Attila Bárány
7. Cooperation and Conflict in Diplomacy and War within and around Central Europe
Gerald Schwedler and Pawel Figurski, with contributions by László Veszprémy, Emir O. Filipovic, and Christian Raffensperger

PART II. SOCIETY AND ECONOMY

8. Changing Elites in Medieval Central Europe
Cosmin Popa-Gorjanu
9. Locals and Immigrants in Medieval Central Europe
Stefan Donecker
10. Gender and Family in Medieval Central Europe
Michaela Antonín Malaníková, Witold Brzezinski, and Marija Mogorovic Crljenko
11. Rural Land Management in Medieval Central Europe
Edit Sárosi
12. Cities and Towns in Medieval Central Europe
Katalin Szende and Felicitas Schmieder
13. Mining, Finances, and Commerce in Medieval Central Europe
Grzegorz Mysliwski and Balázs Nagy

PART III. CULTURE AND RELIGION

14. Cultural Landscapes: Education and Literature
Farkas Gábor Kiss and Lucie Dolezalová
15. A History of Social Communication in East- Central Europe: Words, Scripts, and Beyond
Anna Adamska
16. Art and Architecture in Medieval East Central Europe
Béla Zsolt Szakács and Zoë Opacic
17. Contexts of Late Medieval Daily Life
Gerhard Jaritz
18. Religious Practices (and Confessional Variants) in Medieval Central Europe
Stanislava Kuzmová
19. The Papacy and the Region, Church Structure, and Clergy
Agata Zielinska and Igor Razum
20. Jews in Medieval Central Europe
Tamás Visi
21. Monasticism in Medieval Central Europe (c. 800-c. 1550)
Marie-Madeleine de Cevins, with contributions by Marek Derwich and Beatrix Romhányi

PART IV. IMAGES OF THE PAST

22. The Image of East Central Europe in Medieval European Literature
Levente Seláf
23. Musical Culture in Medieval Central Europe
Pawel Gancarczyk
24. The Middle Ages after the Middle Ages: Popular Traditions and Medievalism
János M. Bak and Gábor Klaniczay

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