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Coloman, King of Galicia and Duke of Slavonia (1208-1241)
Medieval Central Europe and Hungarian Power
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Márta Font
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English, Hungarian
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2019
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A figure of crucial importance to scholarship on western and eastern Europe alike, King Coloman (1208–1241) here receives long-overdue scholarly treatment as a key figure of the thirteenth century. The Árpád prince ruled over a vast area in Central Europe which remained largely affiliated to the Western Church. Renowned for fighting the Mongol Empire, he had close relations with Pope Gregory IX, and he was a contemporary of Emperor Friedrich II, Philippe Auguste of France, and Henry III of England. Coloman controlled territories that comprise modern-day Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, and Bosnia and, as a result, he has long featured in various competing national historiographies. This study draws on Hungarian and other research that is inaccessible outside the region and places Coloman at the crossroads of Latin Christendom, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Mongol Empire. It moves beyond previous national and religious narratives and foregrounds Central Europe in the history of early thirteenth-century Europe.
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Contributor: Márta Font
Márta Font, Professor and Departmental Head of the Institute of History at the University of Pécs, is a leading expert of the history of medieval Rus’.
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Contributor: Gábor Barabás
Gábor Barabás, Adjunct Professor at the University of Pécs, is an expert in the history of medieval papal-Hungarian relations.
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Es ist dies die erste umfassende englischsprachige Darstellung der Person Kolomans, der aufgrund seiner Erhebung zum ersten König von Galizien und seiner späteren Ernennung zum Herzog von Slawonien zwar in großen Teilen Osteuropas und im Königreich Ungarn herrschte, gerade in der westlichen Forschung bislang aber eher ein Randdasein fristen musste. Das Werk basiert auf der ungarischen Monografie der beiden Verfasser, wurde jedoch für die Übersetzung nochmals überarbeitet und erweitert. [...]
Font und Barabás gelingt dadurch eine wertvolle Ergänzung zu den bereits vorhandenen Publikationen über diverse Mitglieder der ungarischen Herrscherfamilie und das ungarische Mittelalter, wobei sie Koloman gekonnt in die zeitgenössischen Ereignisse im Königreich Ungarn und in Europa einbetten und ihn einerseits als Spielball der väterlichen Politik, andererseits als eigenständigen Akteur und Politiker identifizieren.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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List of Illustrations
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Foreword
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Introduction
1 - PART ONE: COLOMAN AS CHILD RULER OF GALICIA
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Chapter 1. The Galician Context in 1205
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Chapter 2. The Agreement of Scepus
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Chapter 3. Coloman’s Coronation as King of Galicia: Date and Place
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Chapter 4. The Hungarian Elite and Coloman’s Court
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Chapter 5. Coloman’s Position in Halych, 1215–22: Campaigns and Opponents
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Chapter 6. Upholding the Galician Claim: Coloman’s Place in Hungary
57 - PART TWO: COLOMAN, DUKE OF WHOLE SLAVONIA (1226–1241)
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Chapter 7. Coloman and Scepus, before 1226
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Chapter 8. Coloman as Duke of Whole Slavonia from 1226
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Chapter 9. Coloman’s Status and the Inner Workings of the Duchy
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Chapter 10. Coloman’s Ecclesiastical and Secular Actitivities in Slavonia
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Chapter 11. Coloman’s Rule in Slavonia
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Chapter 12. Politics and Dynastic Affairs
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Chapter 13. Challenges in the Balkans
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Chapter 14. The Mongol Attack and Coloman’s Death
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Conclusion: Coloman in the Eyes of Posterity
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Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
December 16, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9781641890250
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Illustrations:
10
eBook ISBN:
9781641890250
Keywords for this book
Coloman; medieval Hungary; medieval Slovakia; medieval Croatia; medieval Bosnia; Pope Gregory IX; Latin Christendom; Eastern Orthodoxy
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
