Chapter 4. The Hungarian Elite and Coloman’s Court

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE: COLOMAN AS CHILD RULER OF GALICIA
7. Chapter 1. The Galician Context in 1205 11
8. Chapter 2. The Agreement of Scepus 21
9. Chapter 3. Coloman’s Coronation as King of Galicia: Date and Place 31
10. Chapter 4. The Hungarian Elite and Coloman’s Court 43
11. Chapter 5. Coloman’s Position in Halych, 1215–22: Campaigns and Opponents 51
12. Chapter 6. Upholding the Galician Claim: Coloman’s Place in Hungary 57
13. PART TWO: COLOMAN, DUKE OF WHOLE SLAVONIA (1226–1241)
14. Chapter 7. Coloman and Scepus, before 1226 63
15. Chapter 8. Coloman as Duke of Whole Slavonia from 1226 69
16. Chapter 9. Coloman’s Status and the Inner Workings of the Duchy 79
17. Chapter 10. Coloman’s Ecclesiastical and Secular Actitivities in Slavonia 91
18. Chapter 11. Coloman’s Rule in Slavonia 99
19. Chapter 12. Politics and Dynastic Affairs 105
20. Chapter 13. Challenges in the Balkans 115
21. Chapter 14. The Mongol Attack and Coloman’s Death 121
22. Conclusion: Coloman in the Eyes of Posterity 127
23. Bibliography 133
24. Index 141