Medieval Buda in Context
Published on 23. June 2016
Book
Hardback
600 pages
978-90-04-30768-1 (ISBN)
Description
Medieval Buda in Context discusses the character and development of Buda and its surroundings between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries, particularly its role as a royal center and capital city of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. The twenty-one articles written by Hungarian and international scholars draw on a variety of primary sources: texts, both legal and literary; archaeological discoveries; architectural history; art history; and other studies of material culture. The essays also place Buda in the political, social, cultural and economic context of other contemporary central and eastern European cities. By bringing together the results of research undertaken in recent decades for an English-language readership, this volume offers new insights into urban history and the culture of Europe as a whole.
Contributors are Janos M. Bak, Zoltan Bencze, Judit Benda, Istvan Draskoczy, Antonin Kalous, Istvan Kenyeres, Gabor Klaniczay, Andras Kubinyi, Jozsef Laszlovszky, Karoly Magyar, Balazs Nagy, Szilard Papp, James Plumtree, Martyn Rady, Valery Rees, Orsolya Rethelyi, Beatrix F. Romhanyi, Eniko Spekner, Peter Szabo, Katalin Szende, Andras Vadas, Andras Vegh, and Laszlo Veszpremy.
Contributors are Janos M. Bak, Zoltan Bencze, Judit Benda, Istvan Draskoczy, Antonin Kalous, Istvan Kenyeres, Gabor Klaniczay, Andras Kubinyi, Jozsef Laszlovszky, Karoly Magyar, Balazs Nagy, Szilard Papp, James Plumtree, Martyn Rady, Valery Rees, Orsolya Rethelyi, Beatrix F. Romhanyi, Eniko Spekner, Peter Szabo, Katalin Szende, Andras Vadas, Andras Vegh, and Laszlo Veszpremy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-30768-1 (9789004307681)
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Balazs Nagy is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the Eoetvoes Lorand University, Budapest, and visiting faculty at the Department of Medieval Studies at the Central European University, Budapest. His main research interests are medieval economic and urban history.
Martyn Rady is Masaryk Professor of Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. He was for ten years part of the team that edited and translated the corpus of the laws of medieval Hungary together with Janos M. Bak.
Katalin Szende is Associate Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University, Budapest. Her research concentrates on medieval towns in the Carpathian Basin and Central Europe, with particular regard to society, demography, literacy, everyday life, and topography.
Andras Vadas is Assistant Professor of Medieval History at the Eoetvoes Lorand University, Budapest. His research interests are environmental and economic history of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.
Martyn Rady is Masaryk Professor of Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. He was for ten years part of the team that edited and translated the corpus of the laws of medieval Hungary together with Janos M. Bak.
Katalin Szende is Associate Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University, Budapest. Her research concentrates on medieval towns in the Carpathian Basin and Central Europe, with particular regard to society, demography, literacy, everyday life, and topography.
Andras Vadas is Assistant Professor of Medieval History at the Eoetvoes Lorand University, Budapest. His research interests are environmental and economic history of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.
Content
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part 1: Buda: History, Sources, Historiography
1 The Budapest History Museum and the Rediscovery of Medieval Buda
Zoltan Bencze
2 The Fate of the Medieval Archives of Buda and Pest
Istvan Kenyeres
Part 2: Buda before Buda
3 Buda before Buda: Obuda and Pest as Early Centers
Eniko Spekner
4 'A castle once stood, now a heap of stones...' the Site and Remains of Obuda in Medieval Chronicles, National Epics, and Modern Fringe Theories
Jozsef Laszlovszky and James Plumtree
5 A Royal Forest in the Medium Regni
Peter Szabo
Part 3: The Topography of Buda
6 Royal Residences in Buda in Hungarian and European Context
Karoly Magyar
7 Buda-Pest 1300 - Buda-Pest 1400. Two Topographical Snapshots
Andras Vegh
8 The Monastic Topography of Medieval Buda
Beatrix F. Romhanyi
9 Sacred Sites in Medieval Buda
Gabor Klaniczay
10 Merchants, Markets, and Shops in Late Medieval Buda, Pest and Obuda
Judit Benda
11 Commercial Contacts of Buda along the Danube and beyond
Istvan Draskoczy
Part 4: Buda as a Power Center
12 The Government of Medieval Buda
Martyn Rady
13 Diets and Synods in Buda and Its Environs
Janos M. Bak and Andras Vadas
14 Royal Summits in and around Medieval Buda
Balazs Nagy
15 Buda, Medieval Capital of Hungary
Andras Kubinyi
Part 5: Court Culture of a 'Capital'
16 Made for the King: Sigismund of Luxemburg's Statues in Buda and Their Place in Art History
Szilard Papp
17 The Court of the King and Queen in Buda in the Jagiellonian Age
Orsolya Rethelyi
18 Buda as a Center of Renaissance and Humanism
Valery Rees
Part 6: Buda beyond Buda
19 Buda: From a Royal Palace to an Assaulted Border Castle, 1490-1541
Laszlo Veszpremy
20 The Last Medieval King Leaves Buda
Antonin Kalous
21 Buda and the Urban Development of East Central Europe
Katalin Szende
Appendices
Select Bibliography on the History of Medieval Buda
Index of Geographic Names
Index of Personal Names
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part 1: Buda: History, Sources, Historiography
1 The Budapest History Museum and the Rediscovery of Medieval Buda
Zoltan Bencze
2 The Fate of the Medieval Archives of Buda and Pest
Istvan Kenyeres
Part 2: Buda before Buda
3 Buda before Buda: Obuda and Pest as Early Centers
Eniko Spekner
4 'A castle once stood, now a heap of stones...' the Site and Remains of Obuda in Medieval Chronicles, National Epics, and Modern Fringe Theories
Jozsef Laszlovszky and James Plumtree
5 A Royal Forest in the Medium Regni
Peter Szabo
Part 3: The Topography of Buda
6 Royal Residences in Buda in Hungarian and European Context
Karoly Magyar
7 Buda-Pest 1300 - Buda-Pest 1400. Two Topographical Snapshots
Andras Vegh
8 The Monastic Topography of Medieval Buda
Beatrix F. Romhanyi
9 Sacred Sites in Medieval Buda
Gabor Klaniczay
10 Merchants, Markets, and Shops in Late Medieval Buda, Pest and Obuda
Judit Benda
11 Commercial Contacts of Buda along the Danube and beyond
Istvan Draskoczy
Part 4: Buda as a Power Center
12 The Government of Medieval Buda
Martyn Rady
13 Diets and Synods in Buda and Its Environs
Janos M. Bak and Andras Vadas
14 Royal Summits in and around Medieval Buda
Balazs Nagy
15 Buda, Medieval Capital of Hungary
Andras Kubinyi
Part 5: Court Culture of a 'Capital'
16 Made for the King: Sigismund of Luxemburg's Statues in Buda and Their Place in Art History
Szilard Papp
17 The Court of the King and Queen in Buda in the Jagiellonian Age
Orsolya Rethelyi
18 Buda as a Center of Renaissance and Humanism
Valery Rees
Part 6: Buda beyond Buda
19 Buda: From a Royal Palace to an Assaulted Border Castle, 1490-1541
Laszlo Veszpremy
20 The Last Medieval King Leaves Buda
Antonin Kalous
21 Buda and the Urban Development of East Central Europe
Katalin Szende
Appendices
Select Bibliography on the History of Medieval Buda
Index of Geographic Names
Index of Personal Names