Marxism and Medieval Studies

Marxist Historiography in East Central Europe
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-68918-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 93, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 722 g

Reihe: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450

This volume is a unique publication as it examines the Marxist attitudes in East Central European historiography and archaeology for the first time, with an emphasis on the co-existence of Marxist and other methodologies between the 1950s and 1970s in the local historiographies in question. Its approach is to distinguish between pseudo-Marxism as an ideological tool on the one hand, and Marxism in the form of historical materialism as a way to interpret the medieval world on the other.

Contributors are: Florin Curta, Piotr Guzowski, Adam Hudek, Tereza Johanidesová, Jitka Komendová, Jirí Machácek, Andrzej Marzec, Martin Nodl, Attila Pók, David Radek, Tadeusz Pawel Rutkowski, Iurie Stamati, Rafal Stobiecki, Gábor Thoroczkay, Przemyslaw Wiszewski, Piotr Wecowski, Martin Wihoda, and Dušan Zupka.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Nodl, Martin

Wecowski, Piotr

Zupka, Dušan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Publisher’s Note

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction

Martin Nodl, Piotr Wecowski and Dušan Zupka

2 An Introduction to Marxist Historiography in Poland

Rafal Stobiecki

3 Polish Medievalists in the Face of Stalinism (1948–1955)

Tadeusz Pawel Rutkowski

4 Hungarian Medievalists under the Spell of Marxism

Attila Pók

5 On the Genesis of Marxist Iconology: Some Observations on the Ambitious Methodological Endeavours of Czech Medieval Art History

Tereza Johanidesová

6 Marxism and the Cultural History of Medieval Rus’: The Concept of a Russian Pre-Renaissance

Jitka Komendová

7 František Graus: From Marxist Dogmas to the Concept of the Living and Dead Past

Martin Wihoda

8 Between Science and Politics, between History and Archaeology: The Department for Studies on the Origins of the Polish State (1948/1949–1953)

Piotr Wecowski

9 Medieval Knight Clans in Marxist Historiographical Criticism in the 1950s

Andrzej Marzec

10 How Did the Czech Hussites Become a Current Problem in the History of Socialist Poland?

Ewa Maleczynska: Between Professional and Party Historian

Przemyslaw Wiszewski

11 Hussitism as an Early Bourgeois Revolution

Martin Nodl

12 Between Nationalism and Marxism: Silesian Princes of the Late Middle Ages through the Lens of Post-war Polish Historiography

David Radek

13 Peasants, Rents, and Money in Marxist Works on German Law-Based Colonization

Piotr Guzowski

14 Great Moravia in Slovak Marxist Historiography

Adam Hudek

15 Marxists, Pseudo-Marxists and Neo-Marxists in Czech Archaeology

Jirí Machácek

16 Marxism in Medieval Archaeology: A Woman’s Touch

Florin Curta

17 Marxist Historical Theory in the Research of the Árpádian Period in Hungary (1000–1301)

Gábor Thoroczkay

18 The Marxist Paradigm and Early Romanian Medieval Archaeology from the “Era of Great Achievements”

Iurie Stamati

19 Conclusion: Is Marxism Alive and Inspiring in Contemporary East Central European Medieval Studies?

Martin Nodl, Piotr Wecowski and Dušan Zupka

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Nodl, Ph.D. (2011), is a research associate professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies Academy of Sciences CR, Prague. He is the author of six monographs, including Das Kuttenberger Dekret von 1409 (2017), Sredniowiecze w nas (2020), and Praha 15. století. Konfliktní spolecenství (2023).

Piotr Wecowski, Ph.D. (2004), is a professor at the University of Warsaw. He has published three monographs and many articles on medieval history and history of historiography, including The Origins of Poland in the Historical Memory of the Late Middle Ages (Cracow 2014).

Dušan Zupka, Ph.D. (2009), is an associate professor at Comenius University in Bratislava. He has published monographs, journal articles and edited volumes on power, ritual and war in medieval East Central Europe, including Rulership in Medieval East Central Europe (Brill, 2021).