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The Man of Many Devices, Who Wandered Full Many Ways

Festschrift in Honor of János M. Bak
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Languages: English, French, German
Published/Copyright: 1999

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More than sixty friends and colleagues pay tribute to the distinguished professor János Bak's 70th birthday. Notable contributors from many countries dedicate previously unpublished essays and articles in this celebratory Festschrift. Reflecting the intellectual calibre of János Bak, scholars not only of medieval history, but also from the fields of modern history, philosophy, linguistics, art history and political science provide a broad range of perspectives on a wide range of disciplinary areas thus allowing a wide readership audience.

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Nagy Balázs :

Balázs Nagy is Associate Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies of CEU, and at the Department of Medieval and Early Modern European History of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. A founding member of the Medieval Central Europe Research Network (MECERN).

Sebok Marcell :

Marcell Sebok is Assistant Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies of Central European University.

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    Frontmatter

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    TABULA GRATULATORIA

    vii
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    ix
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    xiii
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    PREFACE

    xv
    Gábor Klaniczay
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  • I. PERSONALIA
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    BAKSI

    1
    András Bíró
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    FINDING (AND LOSING?) THE RIGHT PATH TOGETHER (1945-48)

    6
    György Litván
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    "DORANGE: " A STORY OF SOLIDARITY

    12
    András B Hegedűs
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    THE IMRE NAGY INSTITUTE IN BRUSSELS . A LETTER OF SORTS TO JÁNOS BAK

    18
    Péter Kende
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    BAK-AS I SEE HIM

    25
    Mihály Vajda
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  • II. ARTES
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    KUNSTHISTORISCHE BEMERKUNGEN ZUR VISION DES HEILIGEN GERHARD/GELLÉRT

    29
    Ernő Marosi
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    BYZANTIUM AND THE WEST: MUSIC AS A CULTURAL BETRAYER

    38
    Nancy van Deusen
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    THE HOLY FATHER AND THE DEVI LS , O R COULD THE HUNGARIAN ANGEVIN LEGENDARY HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR A POPE?

    52
    Béla Zsolt Szakács
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    "YOUNG, RICH , AND BEAUTIFUL. " THE VISUALIZATION OF MALE BEAUTY IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

    61
    Gerhard Jaritz
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  • III. REBELLIONES
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    VIOLENCE AND THE QUEEN'S BODY: MEDIEVAL CONSORTS , STATECRAFT, AND DISORDER IN TWELFTH-CENTURY FRANCE

    79
    John Carmi Parsons
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    VIOLENCE AND THE SOCIAL ORDER IN A MEDIEVAL SOCIETY: THE EVIDENCE FROM THE HENRYKÓW REGION, CA. 1150- CA. 1300

    91
    Piotr Górecki
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    LE JUIF AU TRIBUNAL: CRACOVIE, XVEME SIECLE

    105
    Hanna Zaremska
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    IMAGES AND DESIGNATIONS FOR REBELLIOUS PEASANTS IN LATE MEDIEVAL HUNGARY

    115
    Gábor Klaniczay
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    UTOPIA AND REFORMATION IN CENTRAL EUROPE

    128
    Ferdinand Seibt
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  • IV. MAJESTAS
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    DIE GEBURT JESU, DER KAISER AUGUSTUS UND DIE SIBYLLE VON TIVOLI

    137
    Bernhard Schimmelpfennig
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    THE ADVENTUS OF CONSTANTIUS II TO ROME 3 5 7 A . D .

    148
    Marianne Sághy
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    A GLIMPSE OF OPENNESS I N MEDIEVAL SOCIETY: AL-HAKAM II OF CÓRDOBA AND HIS NON-MUSLIM COLLABORATORS

    160
    Hanna Kassis
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    EXEAT AULA? RULERSHIP IN GOTTFRIED VON STRASSBURG'S TRISTAN

    167
    Maria Dobozy
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    THE LIVRES BLEU AND ROUGE. TWO CORONATION MANUS CRI PTS IN THE CATHEDRAL OF REIMS

    176
    Richard A. Jackson
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    FEMALE CONTROL OF DYNASTIC POLITICS IN SIXTEENTH--CENTURY POLAND

    187
    Anna Brzezinska
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  • V. HAGIOGRAPHICA
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    MANKIND'S COMMON INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCE: A STUDY IN THE LETTERS OF SAINT ANTONY AND HIS LIFE BY SAINT ATHANASIUS

    195
    István Perczel
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    CONSTANTINE-CYRIL, APOSTLE OF THE SLAVS, AS " BIBLIOTHECARY, " OR HOW BYZANTINE WAS THE AUTHOR OF CONSTANTINE'S VITA ?

    214
    Ihor Sevcenko
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    ST. STEPHEN OF PERM: MISSIONARY AND POPULAR SAINT

    222
    Anna Kuznetsova
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    DIE UNGARNMISSION DES HL. ADALBERTS

    230
    Ryszard Grzesik
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    WAS THE CULT OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW A ROYAL OPTION IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CROATIA?

    241
    Neven Rudak
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    "SPEKYN FOR GODDYS CAWSE" : MARGERY KEMPE AND THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY

    250
    Mary Beth L. Davis
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  • VI. QUOTIDIANA
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    FEASTS , GAMES , AND INVERSIONS : REFLECTIONS ON THE UPS AND DOWNS OF SF-GALL

    267
    Janet L. Nelson
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    A MEDIEVAL PARADE?

    277
    Giedre Mickünaite
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    SIGNS OF POWER AND SIGNS OF HOSPITALITY: THE FESTIVE ENTRIES OF THE ORDENSMEISTER INTO LATE MEDIEVAL REVAL

    281
    Anu Mand
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    BEER IN EASTERN EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES

    294
    Richard W. Unger
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    KERBHÖLZER IN ALTEUROPA-ZWIS CHEN DORFSCHMIEDE UND SCHATZAMT

    303
    Ludolf Kuchenbuch
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    HOUSING IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY HUNGARIAN CITIES

    326
    Vera Bácskai
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  • VII. VARIA MEDIEVALIA
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    A GIFT AWAITS AN ANSWER. A PAGE FROM THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF SOCIETY

    331
    Aaron Ya. Gurevich
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    CAROLINGIAN ELOPEMENTS AS A SIDELIGHT ON COUNTS AND VASSALS

    340
    Susan Reynolds
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    TRANSCONTINENTAL TRADE FROM EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE TO WESTERN EUROPE (FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES)

    347
    Balázs Nagy
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    ENEMY, OBSTACLE, ALLY? HE GREEK IN WESTERN CRUSADE PROPOSALS (1274-1311)

    357
    Felicitas Schmieder
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    ETERNAL ALLEGIANCES . DUNS S COTUS ' PLACE IN THE DEBATE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ETERNALLY CREATED WORLD

    372
    György Geréby
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    THE VERNACULAR LANGUAGES OF EAST CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

    384
    Henrik Birnbaum
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    A PREFACE, MAINLY TEXTUAL, TO ALCUIN'S DE RATIONE ANIMAE

    397
    Paul E. Szarmach
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  • VIII. HUNGARICA
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    ERBTEILUNG UND FAMILIENBILDUNG

    409
    Pál Engel
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    THE FILIAL QUARTER AND FEMALE INHERITANCE IN MEDIEVAL HUNGARIAN LAW

    422
    Martyn Rady
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    FIELD SYSTEMS IN MEDIEVAL HUNGARY

    432
    József Laszlovszky
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    WAS THERE A BOURGEOISIE IN MEDIEVAL HUNGARY?

    445
    Katalin Szende
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    DIE UNGARISCHE POLITIK KONRADS II

    460
    Herwig Wolfram
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    DUX ET PRAECEPTOR HIEROSOLIMITANORUM. KÖNIG LADISLAUS (LÁSZLÓ) VON UNGARN ALS IMAGINARER KREUZRITTER

    470
    László Veszprémy
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    DIE DOMKAPITEL UND IHRE DOMHERREN BIS ANFANG DES 1 2 . JAHRHUNDERTS IN UNGARN

    478
    László Koszta
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    SUMMA POTESTAS POST DEUM-PAPAL DILECTIO AND HUNGARIAN DEVOTIO IN THE REIGN OF INNOCENT III

    492
    James Ross Sweeney
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    THE MANTLE OF BÉLA IV

    499
    Marianna D Birnbaum
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    HUNGARIANS IN AN ANONYMOUS BYZANTINE GEOGRAPHICAL TREATISE

    503
    Sergey A Ivanov
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    THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN AND THE HUNGARIAN PRIVATE LEGAL LITERACY UP TO THE MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY

    507
    Zsolt Hunyadi
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    DEFINING THE POSITION OF CROATIA DURING THE RESTORATION OF ROYAL POWER (1345-1361) . AN OUTLINE

    520
    Damir Karbic
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    THE FADING GLORY OF A FORMER ROYAL SEAT: THE CASE OF MEDIEVAL TEMESVÁR

    527
    István Petrovics
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    A HISTORY OF THE CYKO FAMILY OF POMÁZ

    539
    Gábor Virágos
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    UN AMBASSADEUR BIEN CHOISI : BERNARDINUS DE FRANGIPANUS ET SA MISSION A NAPLES , EN 1476

    550
    Szabolcs de Vajay
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    ISTVÁN WERBŐCZY ALS POLITIKER IN DER ZEIT VOR MOHÁCS ( 1 526)

    558
    András Kubinyi
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    SEBASTIAN THÖKÖLY AND HIS SENSIBILITY TOWARDS RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS

    583
    Marcell Sebők
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    LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE GERGELY BERZEVICZY

    596
    Éva H. Balázs
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    THE "BATTLE" OF NAGYKOVÁCSI. A PERSONAL MEMOIR RECONFIRMED BY THE ENEMY

    602
    Béla Király
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  • IX. HISTORIOGRAPHICA
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    MYTHS CHASING MYTHS : THE LEGEND OF THE TROJAN ORIGIN OF THE FRENCH AND ITS DISMANTLING

    611
    Elizabeth A. R. Brown
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    GESCHICHTSSCHREIBUNG IM DIENSTE VON HERRSCHAFTSINTERESSEN AM BEISPIEL FRANKREICHS IM SPATMITTELALTER

    634
    Neithard Bulst
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    THE REIGN OF HENRY IV OF ENGLAND , 1399-1413. A CENTURY OF H I STORICAL RESEARCH AND WRITING

    641
    Takeshi Kido
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    THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE SO-CALLED "EAST COLONISATION" AND THE CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH

    654
    Jan M. Piskorski
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    THE SURVIVAL OF MEDIEVAL TRADITIONS AT EARLY AMERICAN COLLEGES TO CA. 1800

    668
    Leslie S. Domonkos
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    DAS BEISPIEL UNGARN IM STANDIS CHEN OSTEUROPA

    680
    Gottfried Schramm
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    C. A. MACARTNEY'S STUDIES ON EARLY HUNGARIAN H ISTORY

    685
    László Péter
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    ENGLISHNESS BETWEEN CLASS AND ETHNICITY

    690
    George Schöpflin
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    BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF JÁNOS M. BA K

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    LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

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