29 research outputs found
Pomen Petrovaradina u Ekthesis chronike iz XVI veka
No full textEkthesis chronike is a XVI century work written by an anonymous author. This author or compiler gives some data on our regions as well. The topic of this work is the part of the chronicle which relates to the Ottoman conquest of Hungary, especially to the mention of Petrovaradin, i. e. its’ siege and conquest by the Turks in 1526. The data provided by Ekthesis chronike is analyzed and compared with other contemporary sources, especially Turkish and Hungarian. Even though it is written in a popular manner and contains some mistakes, this chronicle is a very interesting source for late Byzantine history, but also for the period after the fall of Constantinople and Ottoman conquests during the XVI century
The Greek charter of the Hungarian King Stephen I
No full textThe first Hungarian Christian ruler, King Stephen I (997-1038) issued several
charters that have survived to this day. One of them is the charter issued
on behalf of the nuns from the Monastery of the Holy Theotokos in
Veszprémvölgy. The charter was written in the Greek language, and has been
the subject of many studies. The original has not been preserved; what
remains is a copy from the time of King Coloman, dated to 1109. The charter
has not been published in a critical edition in any language other than
Hungarian and even though it has been examined by numerous Hungarian
scholars, many questions remain open. The aim of the author is to provide a
critical edition and an English translation of the charter, but also to
clarify some remaining doubts about the charter and its contents.
Furthermore, some comparisons will be made with the Byzantine charters
issued at the beginning of the 11th and during the 12th century
Poetry as Vision: “Mont Blanc” by Shelley
No full textThe Shelleyan Power that hides its true shape and secret strength behind or beneath a dread mountain (as in Mont Blanc) speaks forth through the poet’s confrontation with it, which is the very act of writing his work of art, and the Power, rightly interpreted, can be used to repeal the large code of fraud, institutional and historical Christianity, and the equally massive code of woe, the laws of the nation-states of Europe in the age of Castlereagh and Metternich. This faith, this certainty in a Power is the essence of the Shelleyan aesthetic
Serbian scientific institutions and medieval research
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to provide a short overview of the resources related to research in medieval history in Serbia
Voyages and travel accounts
No full textVient de paraître: Voyages and Travel Accounts in Historiography and Literature. Voyages and Travelogues from Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages Volume 1, Edited by Boris Stojkovski, Budapest, Trivent publishing, 2020. Présentation: Travelling is one of the most fascinating phenomena that has inspired writers and scholars from Antiquity to our postmodern age. The father of history, Herodotus, was also a traveller, whose Histories can easily be considered a travel account. The first volume o..
The Byzantine diocese Tourkia reconsidered
No full textFrom the period of the arrival of Hungarians to the Pannonian plain,
Byzantine church influence was present. One of the most obvious traces of
such influence was the diocese of Tourkia. From the second half of the 10th
century onwards this diocese was first the bishopric, and later it was
elevated to the status of metropolitanate. The paper attempts to provide
some possible new answers on the development of this church province with
particular stress on the time when the bishopric was given a rank of
metropolitanate. In addition to this, some other assumptions will be
provided on the Byzantine church organization in Hungary and the changes in
the diocese of Tourkia through the centuries
ABŪ HĀMID IN HUNGARY
No full textThe article deals with three years of Arab traveler’s, Abū Hāmid al-Ġarnāţī’s, life in Hungary. This famous Arab traveler had spent three years between 1150 and 1153 living in medieval kingdom of Hungary. His most important information is on Muslims who lived in Hungary, especially around Pest and for us the most interesting data is that they had lived in Srem. He provides pieces of information on their origin, life, religious deeds, etc. Abū Hāmid is also valuable source on Hungaro-Byzantine relations and war in 1150’s. He gives very specific perceptions on life in Hungary, being an awkward, but nevertheless attention-grabbing source for economic history and everyday life in medieval Hungary
Byzantine military campaigns against Serbian lands and Hungary in the second half of the eleventh century
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