| Contents |
Introduction: 'Central Europe': Perceptions, definitions, and comparisons in a historiographical context / Nada Zečević -- Part 1: Land, people, and structures of power. Geography, natural resources, and environment / András Vadas -- From Avars and Slavs to the first medieval kingdoms in Central Europe: population and settlement, 700-1100 / Daniel Ziemann -- The Central European states: from monarchy to ständestaat / Julia Burkhardt -- Government: central and local administration / János M. Bak and Suzana Miljan -- Law and the administration of justice / János M. Bak and Yuriy Zazuliak -- Wars, warfare, and military organization / Attila Bárány -- 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 2: Society and economy. Changing elites in medieval Central Europe / Cosmin Popa-Gorjanu -- Locals and immigrants in medieval Central Europe / Stefan Donecker -- Gender and family in medieval Central Europe / Michaela Antonín Malaníková, Witold Brzezinski, and Marija Mogorovic Crljenko -- Rural land management in medieval Central Europe / Edit Sárosi -- Cities and towns in medieval Central Europe / Katalin Szende and Felicitas Schmieder -- Mining, finances, and commerce in medieval Central Europe / Grzegorz Myśliwski and Balázs Nagy -- Part 3: Culture and religion. Cultural landscapes: education and literature / Farkas Gábor Kiss and Lucie Doležalová -- A history of social communication in East- Central Europe: words, scripts, and beyond / Anna Adamska -- Art and architecture in medieval East Central Europe / Béla Zsolt Szakács and Zoë Opacic -- Contexts of late medieval daily life / Gerhard Jaritz -- Religious practices (and confessional variants) in medieval Central Europe / Stanislava Kuzmová -- The papacy and the region, church structure, and clergy / Agata Zielinska and Igor Razum -- Jews in medieval Central Europe / Tamás Visi -- Monasticism in medieval Central Europe (c.800-c.1550) / Marie-Madeleine de Cevins, with contributions by Marek Derwich and Beatrix Romhányi -- Part 4: Images of the past. The image of East Central Europe in medieval European literature / Levente Seláf -- Musical culture in medieval Central Europe / Pawel Gancarczyk -- The Middle Ages after the Middle Ages: popular traditions and medievalism / János M. Bak and Gábor Klaniczay. |
