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Die Judenschulden im Register des Prager Burggrafenamtes 1497-1500

Author(s): Anton Blaschka / Language(s): German Publication Year: 0

Welche Bedeutung den Juden als Geldgebern für die Kammern der Herrscher, somit also für die staatlichen Finanzen zukam, das ist hinreichend bekannt. Man ist sich auch klar darüber, dass selbst für das Privatleben der Adeligen und Bürger die Judenschaft eine schwerwiegende Rolle spielte. Wie sich nun im Einzelnen die geldschaffende Funktion der böhmischen Judenschaft gestaltete, das ist bisher für die Wende von Mittelalter und Neuzeit kaum allgemein bekannt. Für die Zeit des ausgehenden Mittelalters ist dies neben der Seltenheit einschlägiger Quellen noch darin begründet, dass die etwa vorhandenen Quellen und Bearbeitungen aus sprachlichen Gründen der deutschen Öffentlichkeit unbekannt geblieben sind.

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В търсене на средновековното време. Неравният път на българите (VII-XV в.)

Author(s): Hristo Matanov / Language(s): Bulgarian

In the book "Seeking the Middle Ages" Prof. Hristo Matanov is presenting the rich and dramatic history of the Balkan region through the Bulgarian history and culture. In this study Prof. Matanov shows the location of Bulgaria not only as crossing point of the ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia, but as a crossing point of politic interests and cultural transfer. This has brought the necessity to withstand the pressure that was coming from North-West, North-East and from the South and has played a significant role in the rises and the downfalls of the Bulgarian kingdom. The author's contribution for the book is that he has written this solid history in such way, that it may be read, understood and appreciated by both academic readers and common readers, who are interested in history. The author gathers in one book the entire Medieval history of Bulgaria, the foundation of the kingdom, the complex Politics, in which the Bulgarian rulers had to go in to in order to protect their kingdom and subjects, the religious shift of the kingdom to Christianity from paganism and the periods when it was conquered by Byzantium and later - by the Ottoman empire.

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Vlasi u historiografiji

Author(s): Zef Mirdita / Language(s): Croatian

Much has been written on and discussed about the Balkan nation of Vlachs. Despite that, they have remained a historical mystery of the Mediterranean region and even wider. The reason for this is the fact that Vlachs (also called Cincars) do not have a defined ethnic and political area. They also do not have their particular cultural, educational and spiritual institutions. Historical research of Vlachs gave often conflicting results and these researches are the subject of this book. The author has treated the subject chronologically because Vlachs appeared very early in the multiethnic region of Balkan. Accordingly the book is divided into following chapters: “Vlachs in the works of Byzantine writers”, “Vlachs in the Turkish historiography”, “Vlachs in the medieval Latin chronicles, Imperial and Papal letters”. The author has also made a general cultural and geographical division - Vlachs in Balkan historiographies and Vlachs in Western historiographies including, as a separate chapter, Vlachs in Russian historiography.

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Българите в агиографията от XIII-XV век. Общество, бит и култура

Author(s): Silviya Arizanova / Language(s): Bulgarian

The presentation and analysis of the evidence about the Bulgarian society, lifestyle and culture in the hagiography from the thirteenth through the fifteenth century give diverse types of information that refers to different areas. The strong idealization of the lives of saints, propagated political ideology and the great number of legendary motifs make it difficult to discern what is real in the hagiographic texts. This does not affect their value as sources of information; it just requires that they be used with the necessary attention due to the specifics of this type of works. They are undoubtedly rich in evidence about the spiritual world of the Bulgarians, curious details of their everyday life, and especially in information that we can derive for the Bulgarian society, the attitude towards certain social groups, their functions and position. Hagiography definitely deserves a place at least as an additional source for the medieval Bulgarian history, although there are issues such as education and religious life, for example, where hagiographic works should be considered primary sources par excellence. The evidence derived from the hagiographic literature in this book by no means exhausts all the topics one can find data about in it. It contains also information about political events, about the economy of monasteries, as well as data about towns and villages. Collecting and summarizing this information can reveal interesting new details from the Bulgarian history and can be of help when dealing with other sources.

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Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Sofia, 22-27 August 2011. Volume II. Abstracts of Round Table Communications

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,French,Russian,German

In the initial stages of preparation for the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, the Organizing Committee consulted with the National Committees. Out of those consultations there emerged the five main themes around which the roundtable discussions have been constructed. These are: Philology, Palaeography, Codicology; Archaeology and History; History of Art and Music; Theology and Philosophy; Economy, Politics, Urban Life. From the themes proposed there emerged thirty-nine round-table sessions. Nearly five hundred scholars from all over the world have so far submitted the abstracts for their papers to be discussed in the round-table sessions. The abstracts are presented in this volume. Similar to the plenary-papers volume, this volume displays little, if any, editorial interference with the texts. Please note that RT stands for “Round Table”: this abbreviation appears before each consecutive number in the Congress Program.

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Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies. Sofia, 22–27 August 2011. Volume I, Plenary Papers

Author(s): / Language(s): English,French,Russian,German

The main theme of the congress, Byzantium without borders, aims at exploring the role of this great empire in the medieval world and its undiminished contemporary significance. Th e Congress program was designed so as to encourage the presentation of research in both traditional and novel areas. Th e participants’ contributions were arranged in seven plenary sessions and more than eighty associated round tables and panels of free communications, displaying an amazing variety of directions of research. All papers, submitted to the Organizing Committee in time, were published in advance and so we have now a fine collection of three volumes, containing the plenary papers, the abstracts of papers for the round-table discussions, as well as the free-communication abstracts.

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Fejlődési utak a 19. századi Európában III. A hétköznapok világa

Author(s): István Majoros / Language(s): Hungarian

This book presents the everyday life in the 19th century, in Europe. The author goes back to ancient times, to medieval age to present the changes of the everyday life. In the first chapter he deals with the food situation in Europe and the food revolution in the second part of the 19th century. The author presents the epidemics from the ancient time to the end of the 19th century and he deals with the healing and the drugs too. The book presents the situation and the changes in the life of the women. The last chapter presents the leisure time situation in Europe.

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Поливная керамика Средиземноморья и Причерноморья X—XVIII вв.

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,French,Russian,Italian

The second volume of this specialized continued collection of research papers “Glazed Pottery of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea Region, 10th – 18th Centuries” contains studies of mass archaeological materials — glazed pottery — from a vast region encompassing countries from the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Far East and Eurasian steppes, dated by the High and Late Middle Ages. The goal of this continued edition is to attract the attention of the medievalists to glazed pottery and, particularly, to introduce earlier unknown archaeological complexes with glazed pottery and results of various physical-chemical studies of ceramic clays and glazes for scientific discussion. The volume includes contributions from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan and is meant for specialists in history, archaeology, ceramic studies, ethnography, museum studies, history students and all those interested in medieval material culture.

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Enderun-u Hümayûn Muallimlerinden Kolcalı Abdülaziz Bey’in Gözüyle Çin’deki Müslümanlar ve Türkler

Author(s): Zeynel Özlü,Mustafa Murat Çay / Language(s): Turkish Publication Year: 0

Abdulaziz Bey from Kolca was born in 1863 in Ghulja, which is located within the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China today. Some studies indicate that he probably settled in Istanbul in 1900. Abdulaziz Bey worked as a writer for the newspapers İkdam and Metin, and worked as an Arabic teacher and administrator in public schools (Enderun). As it is covered within the framework of this study, bringing Turkistani intellectuals/intelligentsia like Abdulaziz Bey to Istanbul or the interest shown in Turkistan, especially in the Chinese regions became a necessity of the Islamist and, in a way, the Turkism policy followed during the reign of Abdulhamid II. The works of Abdulaziz Bey, who contributed to the world of science with extremely important studies, created significant influences in Turkey, especially with studies such as Bir Çin Âlimi Nazarında İstikbal-i Şarkın Yeni Güneşi Gazi Mustafa Kemal Hazretleri and Umum Türklerin ve Bütün İnsaniyetin İttihadı. On the other hand, the actual fame of Abdulaziz Bey stemmed from being effective in the relations with China and his studies and works on the circumstances of Islam in Chinese regions. Within this scope, his works, such as Çin’de Din-i Mübîn-i İslâm ve Çin Müslümanları, proved to be significant contributions in terms of providing information about China and rational criticisms covered by his works. The works published by the Ministry of Education (Maarif Nezaret-i Celîlesi) with the permit dated 22 April 1319 and numbered 109 consisted of 9 sections. The author drew attention to the existence of numerous studies and works on the circumstances of Islam in Chinese regions in the period while stating that the publication in question was written to reveal the realities on the subject due to the incomplete and inaccurate news that emerged in Europe. Abdulaziz Bey analyzed the main reasons for the respect and countenance offered to Islam and Muslims by the Chinese Government, provided information about the general conditions of Turk-Muslim peoples who maintained their lives in these regions, and most notably, revealed the main principles of the reform and correlational movements that could enable the development of the Muslims in the region in terms of science, politics, and social fields. This work of Abdulaziz Bey can be evaluated as a collection of works and studies that were created to inform both the Ottoman community and the Ottoman State officials about the circumstances of Muslims living in China in line with Islamism and Turkism political views.

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On cutting off noses and pulling out beards: Face as a medium of crime and punishment in medieval Dubrovnik

Author(s): Nella Lonza / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In historiography dealing with criminality, much has been written on punishment as a social message communicated in various ways, among other things, by using a convict’s body as a medium (face branding, mutilation, etc.). By analysing the criminal procedures of medieval Dubrovnik and comparative material from Dalmatia and other European communities, the author poses an inverse question and investigates how the offender sometimes used the victim’s body as a medium for conveying his “message”. Hair cropping (and related forced removal of female headgear), pulling out of the beard, and nose amputation may be referred to as “coded crimes” because accent was given to symbolism over the bodily injury and pain. Sharing the same value system, the victim and his social environment could easily “read” the offender’s message from such a crime.

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Criminal offenses and violence in medieval Kotor (1326 - 1337)

Author(s): Valentina Živković / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The topic of the paper is the analysis of the types of criminal offenses mentioned in the earliest preserved judicial notary documents of Kotor (1326 - 1337), and which are defined and sanctioned by the Statute of Kotor. Protection of interests of the community and principles of good administration were the priorities upon which the criminal justice system of Kotor was based. On the other hand, protection of private property was the most common topic because of which civil litigations were initiated.

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Fortified Towns of the Babonić Counts in Central and Lower Pounje as Non-Agrarian Settlements (13th-14th Centuries)

Author(s): Hrvoje Kekez / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

From the ancient times, the Una valley (along with that of River Vrbas) was an important traffic and communication route connecting Pannonia and the eastern Adriatic, and it maintained this crucial function throughout the Middle Ages. This favourable geostrategic position led to the foundation of settlements in the Una valley during the medieval period, including the towns of Dubica, Kostajnica, Vodičevo, Zrin, Otoka, Krupa, Ostrožac, and Bihać, which were built at a distance of around 30 kilometres on the average, which was a day of journey for the merchants’ caravans.

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Urban Settlements (oppida) of Vinodol under the Rule of the Counts of Krk: Topographical Situation and Local Organization within the Feudal Manor

Author(s): Gordan Ravančić / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

When discussing Vinodol’s past, one must keep in mind the antiquity of this geographic region, which becomes evident at the very first glance – the clear shape of the valley that stretches from Križišće towards the southeast, surrounded in north and south by mountains belonging to the Bitoraj-Viševica massif. At the same time, one should keep in mind that this geographical situation of Vinodol does not entirely correspond to the former Vinodol municipalities or towns. As it is known, the term “Vinodol towns” includes eight municipalities from Trsat in the northwest to Ledenice in the southeast, which together with Novi (Vinodolski) sums up to the nine towns of medieval Vinodol.

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Nobility of the Croatian Kingdom between Zadar and Its Hinterland during the Late 14th and Early 15th Centuries

Author(s): Ivan Majnarić / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In the second half of the 14th century, Zadar became the centre of the Kingdoms of Dalmatia and Croatia. Then, and especially during the first half of the 15th century, it may be best described as a blooming town. The main reason for this situation was a combination of political, social, and economic circumstances, and the market of possibilities was equally open to peasants, craftsmen, merchants, educated administration, and the nobility. The city required personal presence and offered challenges in search for a better future or in establishing or improving one’s reputation. All these opportunities, and especially the last one, played a role in attracting the Croatian nobility, which will be the focus of this article.

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Property and Ownership in Dubrovnik's Confraternity of St Anthony in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Ages

Author(s): Zrinka Pešorda Vardić / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Throughout the centuries of its history, Dubrovnik’s confraternity of St Anthony was one of its most important institutions besides the official authorities and the Church. Established in 1432 by merging two earlier confraternities, that of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Saviour (founded in 1348) and that of St Anthony the First Ab-bot and St Peter (founded probably in 1363), it soon became the most distinguished confraternity in the city. It showed some typical features of a confraternity – focus on the spiritual needs of the brethren, care for the needs of its sick and dying members, offering the feeling of belonging to a community, the possibility of engaging in lay spirituality, and hope in eternal salvation. In the spirit of Christ’s words “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me,” con-fraternities were known for their charity work, which was not limited exclusively to its members, but also included the broader community and all people in need, which distinguished them from the exclusively professional guilds, who cared mostly for their own.

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Urban Elites and Real Estate in Medieval Town: Owners of Palaces in Medieval Gradec (Zagreb)

Author(s): Bruno Škreblin / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Exploring the property relations in a medieval city is often the only way to re-construct the financial status of citizens or families. In Central European cities, a citizen’s wealth was closely related to his political power, i.e. his administrative functions and honours, which is why social topography is essential when reconstructing the socio-political status of individual citizens. The urban elite of Zagreb’s Gradec is a representative example of such urban elites. Same as in other Central Europe-an cities, the urban elite of Gradec consisted of wealthy merchants, craftsmen, and members of petty nobility, all of whom can be identified as owners of various estates, urban houses, or land plots in the municipal territory. Owning real estate in the city was the basic prerequisite for obtaining civil rights, which were required in order to join the city administration. Therefore, ownership was closely related to authority in medieval Gradec. Nevertheless, this research focuses on ownership over a single type of property – the palace – as the most representative private possession, at least in principle. Naturally, we could not avoid raising the issue of what the term actually denoted, but since the analysis is mostly based on archival records, the final decision and definition have been left to art historians and historians of architecture.

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Women and Property in Medieval Slavonian Towns

Author(s): Marija Karbić / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This article focuses on the position of women in medieval Slavonian towns regarding their right to possessing real estate and disposing with their immovable property. Even though there were many towns in the territory of medieval Slavonia or present-day north-western Croatia, be it free royal towns, which were directly subjected to the crown, or marketplaces, which formed a part of noble estates and enjoyed only limited autonomy, my research primarily focuses on Zagreb’s Gradec and Varaždin, mostly because their sources have been best preserved.

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Prilog poznavanju socioekonomskoga razvoja ivanečkoga i viničkoga kraja (prostora nekadašnjega Gornjeg polja) u srednjem i ranom novom vijeku

Author(s): Hrvoje Petrić / Language(s): Croatian Publication Year: 0

This article provides a contribution to the understanding of the socio-economic development of the areas which gravitated to the market towns of Ivanec and Vinica in the period of the Middle Ages and the early modern period, and in those periods this area was known as Gornje polje. Special emphasis is given to various demographic indicators. The author has tried to reconstruct the connections of the socio-economic developments with central functions of the each settlement. Hence, he argues that the main central settlement of that area in the earlier period was Vinica, but the central functions of the settlement were also shared with Ivanec and Lepoglava. It was not before the end of the 18th century, when the Pauline monastery in Lepoglava was abolished, when this settlement has lost most of its central functions. Moreover, it was in the beginning of 19th century when the city of Ivanec had, for the first time, more inhabitants than Vinica, and it was in that period when Ivanec has become the main central settlement of that area as it is today. Central settlements of the lower level in the period of the Late Middle Ages and the early modern period were centres of Roman Catholic parishes such are Križovljan, Voća, Maruševec, Bela (Margečan), Višnjica, Kamenica and Bednja. After the reforms of the Joseph II Habsburg of 1789, these settlements were accompanied by Nadkrižovljan, Cvetlin i Klenovnik.

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Značaj i sudbina pakračke utvrde kroz povijest

Author(s): Vijoleta Herman Kaurić / Language(s): Croatian Publication Year: 0

Pakrac castle was firstly mentioned in 1278 as castrum s. Joannis, and in that time it was ruled by frater Hugo, the preceptor of the Order of St. John. This castle had massive walls and impressive defensive turrets, and by the opinion of the experts it was constructed most likely in the 12th century. Although there are not so many historical records, one can argue that Pakrac castle was erected by the Templars. In the period from 1256 to 1260 there was even mint situated in it. The Pakrac castle was a part of the Priory of Vrana until this priory has been abolished in 1541. In that period it was governed by the most influential persons of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia such as John of Paližna, the Talovac brothers, Nicholas of Zrin. This impressive stronghold had key role in the defense of the Croatian lands against the Ottoman raids, and later, when it was conquered, in the defense of the Ottoman Empire. After the liberation of the area from the Ottoman rule, Pakrac castle became the center of the Pakrac estate, and the castle itself was more used in the economic purposes than in the military ones. Nevertheless, military contingent stayed in the castle until 1750 when they moved into nearby Trenk’s castle. Hence, the Pakrac castle finally lost its military usage. In the later period the main building of the castle was residence of the bailiff of the Pakrac estate, while the turrets were used as the ice storage. In the end of 1877 the owner of the old castle became the Serbian Orthodox Parish of Pakrac, but for them the old castle had no purpose and it was left to decay. Even more, the new owner asked in 1909 for permission to demolish it, but it was postponed after the intervention of the Provincial Government. Nevertheless, it was partly demolished in 1922, just to be totally demolished in the following year.

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Mbi vendosjen e popullatës shqiptare në Greqi

Author(s): Titos P. Jochalas / Language(s): Albanian Publication Year: 0

Është e njohur që pas kryqëzatës (një mijë e dyqind e trenjë mijë e dyqind e katër) sundoi në vendin e Shqipërisë së sotme trubullirë që keqësohej nga kontraditat midis grekëve, sllavëve, anzhuinëve dhe në disa qytete të fuqishme italiane që përbënin një faktor të fuqishëm ekonomik në tokën dhe bregdetin e Ilirisë. Kjo gjëndje që kishte dobësuar akoma më shumë sundimin qëndror të Kostadinopojës lehtësonte për hapjen e popullatës shqiptare drejt jugut.

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