East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500Although the Middle Ages saw brilliant achievements in the diverse nations of East Central Europe, this period has been almost totally neglected in Western historical scholarship. East Central Europe in the Middle Ages provides a much-needed overview of the history of the region from the time when the present nationalities established their state structures and adopted Christianity up to the Ottoman conquest. Jean Sedlar’s excellent synthesis clarifies what was going on in Europe between the Elbe and the Ukraine during the Middle Ages, making available for the first time in a single volume information necessary to a fuller understanding of the early history of present-day Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and the former Yugoslavia. |
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4 Nobles and Landholders | 58 |
5 Peasants Herders Serfs and Slaves | 84 |
6 Towns and Townspeople | 109 |
7 Religion and the Churches | 140 |
8 The Art and Practice of War | 197 |
12 Foreign Affairs | 362 |
13 Ethnicity and Nationalism | 401 |
14 Languages and Literatures | 421 |
15 Education and Literacy | 458 |
Appendix 1 Chronology | 476 |
Appendix 2 List of Monarchs | 487 |
Appendix 3 Place Name Equivalents for Towns and Cities | 494 |
Bibliographic Essay | 497 |