The Fall of Great Moravia

The Fall of Great Moravia
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 9789004392878
ISBN-13 : 9004392874
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fall of Great Moravia by :

The excavated foundations of a ninth-century sacral building in the northeastern suburb of Pohansko, an important centre of Great Moravia, and especially the find of the nobleman’s grave H 153, has focused scholarly attention onto the nature of the Mojmirid state and the reasons behind its sudden disintegration. In this volume, a group of archaeologists, historians and a natural scientist aim to incorporate this remarkable discovery into the wider frameworks of Moravian power, society, and culture, and thereby arrive at some surprising conclusions. Contributors: are Stefan Eichert, David Kalhous, Pavel Kouřil, Jiří Macháček, Vladimír Sládek, Ivo Štefan, Martin Wihoda, Roman Zehetmayer.

The Nitrian Principality: The Beginnings of Medieval Slovakia

The Nitrian Principality: The Beginnings of Medieval Slovakia
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 678
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ISBN-10 : 9789004438637
ISBN-13 : 9004438637
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Nitrian Principality: The Beginnings of Medieval Slovakia by : Ján Steinhübel

In The Nitrian Principality: The Beginnings of Medieval Slovakia Ján Steinhübel offers an account of the early medieval West Slavic realm which laid the national, territorial and historical foundations of Slovakia.

Prague in Black

Prague in Black
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 406
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ISBN-10 : 0674024516
ISBN-13 : 9780674024519
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Prague in Black by : Chad Bryant

On the heels of the Munich Agreement, Hitler’s troops marched into Prague and established the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Nazi leaders were determined to make the region entirely German. Bryant explores the origins and implementation of these plans as part of a wider history of Nazi rule and its eventual consequences for the region.

National Romanticism

National Romanticism
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Publisher : Central European University Press
Total Pages : 502
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ISBN-10 : 9786155211249
ISBN-13 : 6155211248
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis National Romanticism by : Balázs Trencsényi

67 texts, including hymns, manifestos, articles or extracts from lengthy studies exemplify the relation between Romanticism and the national movements in the cultural space ranging from Poland to the Ottoman Empire. Each text is accompanied by a presentation of the author, and by an analysis of the context in which the respective work was born.The end of the 18th century and first decades of the 19th were in many respects a watershed period in European history. The ideas of the Enlightenment and the dramatic convulsions of the French Revolution had shattered the old bonds and cast doubt upon the established moral and social norms of the old corporate society. In culture a new trend, Romanticism, was successfully asserting itself against Classicism and provided a new key for a growing number of activists to 're-imagine' their national community, reaching beyond the traditional frameworks of identification (such as the 'political nation', regional patriotism, or Christian universalism). The collection focuses on the interplay of Romantic cultural discourses and the shaping of national ideology throughout the 19th century, tracing the patterns of cultural transfer with Western Europe as well as the mimetic competition of national ideologies within the region.

The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe

The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe
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Publisher : Jason Aronson
Total Pages : 568
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ISBN-10 : 0765760002
ISBN-13 : 9780765760005
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe by : Eli Valley

The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Cracow, and Budapest is the most comprehensive guidebook covering all aspects of Jewish history and contemporary life in Prague, Warsaw, Cracow, and Budapest. This remarkable book includes detailed histories of the Jews in these cities, walking tours of Jewish districts past and present, intensive descriptions of Jewish sites, fascinating accounts of local Jewish legend and lore, and practical information for Jewish travelers to the region.

The Moravian Night

The Moravian Night
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780374715618
ISBN-13 : 0374715610
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The Moravian Night by : Peter Handke

An odyssey through the mind and memory of a washed-up writer, from one of Europe’s most provocative novelists, Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke Mysteriously summoned to a houseboat on the Morava River, a few friends, associates, and collaborators of an old writer listen as he tells a story that will last until dawn: the tale of the once well-known writer’s recent odyssey across Europe. As his story unfolds, it visits places that represent stages of the narrator’s and the continent’s past, many now lost or irrecoverably changed through war, death, and the subtler erosions of time. His wanderings take him from the Balkans to Spain, Germany, and Austria, from a congress of experts on noise sickness to a clandestine international gathering of jew’s-harp virtuosos. His story and its telling are haunted by a beautiful stranger, a woman who has a preternatural hold over the writer and appears sometimes as a demon, sometimes as the longed-for destination of his travels. Powerfully alive, honest, and at times deliciously satirical, The Moravian Night explores the mind and memory of an aging writer, tracking the anxieties, angers, fears, and pleasures of a life inseparable from the recent history of Central Europe. In crystalline prose, Peter Handke traces and interrogates his own thoughts and perceptions while endowing the world with a mythic dimension. As Jeffrey Eugenides writes, “Handke’s sharp eye is always finding a strange beauty amid this colorless world.” The Moravian Night is at once an elegy for the lost and forgotten and a novel of self-examination and uneasy discovery, from one of world literature’s great voices.

Byzantium in the Czech Lands (4th–16th centuries)

Byzantium in the Czech Lands (4th–16th centuries)
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 531
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ISBN-10 : 9789004527799
ISBN-13 : 9004527796
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Byzantium in the Czech Lands (4th–16th centuries) by : Petr Balcárek

This is the first comprehensive study of Byzantine influence on the art and iconography of East Central Europe and also the first account of the disciplinary development of Byzantine Studies in the Czech and Slovak Republics.

The Origins of Postcommunist Elites

The Origins of Postcommunist Elites
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0816640327
ISBN-13 : 9780816640324
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Origins of Postcommunist Elites by : Gil Eyal

Professional football is one of the most popular television genres worldwide, attracting the support of millions of fans, and the sponsorship of powerful companies. In A Game of Two Halves, Cornel Sandvoss considers relationship with television, its links with trans-national capitalism, and the importance of football fandom in forming social and cultural identities around the globe, to present the phenomenon of football as a reflection postmodern culture and globalization.Through a series of case studies, based in ethnographic audience research, Sandvoss explores the motivations and pleasures of football fans, the intense bond formed between supporters and their clubs, the implications of football consumption on political discourse and citizenship, football as a factor of cultural globalization, and the pivotal role of football and television in a postmodern cultural order.

Sixteen Months of Indecision

Sixteen Months of Indecision
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Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0945636598
ISBN-13 : 9780945636595
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Sixteen Months of Indecision by : Gregory Curtis Ference

As the war continued, emphasis changed to focus on assisting the Slovaks only. Collections of goods and money were taken, and a representative was sent to Canada to help gain the release of Slovaks imprisoned as enemy aliens. Citing the Canadian example, Slovak American leaders urged their compatriots to become American citizens. Last, the war caught the Slovaks in the United States by surprise. Their political program centered on gaining equal rights in Hungary through legal means, but a small group advocated instead a Czecho-Slovak solution. Although the Czecho-Slovak concept gained momentum, many Slovaks feared that they would lose their ethnic identity. Cooperation initially did not occur in the United States. When a Parisian organization of Czechs and Slovaks expressed its willingness to recognize the individuality of the Slovak people, the American Slovaks quickly supported it. An icy reception, however, by American Czechs destroyed any common ground.

The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300

The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 886
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ISBN-10 : 9781000476248
ISBN-13 : 1000476243
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300 by : Florin Curta

The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1300 is the first of its kind to provide a point of reference for the history of the whole of Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages. While historians have recognized the importance of integrating the eastern part of the European continent into surveys of the Middle Ages, few have actually paid attention to the region, its specific features, problems of chronology and historiography. This vast region represents more than two-thirds of the European continent, but its history in general—and its medieval history in particular—is poorly known. This book covers the history of the whole region, from the Balkans to the Carpathian Basin, and the Bohemian Forest to the Finnish Bay. It provides an overview of the current state of research and a route map for navigating an abundant historiography available in more than ten different languages. Chapters cover topics as diverse as religion, architecture, art, state formation, migration, law, trade and the experiences of women and children. This book is an essential reference for scholars and students of medieval history, as well as those interested in the history of Central and Eastern Europe.