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Medieval history

 

Central European Medieval Texts

Edited by János Bak, Urszula Borkowska, Giles Constable and Gábor Klaniczay

This prestigious new series will consist of bi-lingual volumes containing the Latin narrative sources of the medieval history of Central Europe, together with their English translation. Ten volumes are initially planned and each will be edited and prefaced by distinguished scholars.

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Volume I: Gesta Hungarorum - The Deeds of the Hungarians
Simon of Kéza

Volume II: Autobiography of Charles IV of Luxemburg, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia
Balázs Nagy

Volume III: Gesta principum Polonorum - The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles
Paul W. Knoll and Frank Schaer

Volume IV: History of the Bishops of Salona and Split
Thomas of Split

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Emotion and Devotion – The Meaning of Mary in Medieval Religious Cultures
Miri Rubin

The Long Journey of Gracia Mendes
Marianna D. Birnbaum

Making a Great Ruler – Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania
Giedre Mickunaite

Ibn Khaldûn - An Essay in Reinterpretation
Aziz Al-Azmeh

The Man of Many Devices, Who Wandered Full Many Ways
Balázs Nagy, Marcell Sebõk

Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages
András Róna-Tas

The Elefanthy
Fügedi, Erik

Between the Living and the Dead
Éva Pócs

The Miracles of St. John of Capistran
Stanko Andric

 

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