The Nitrian Principality: The Beginnings of Medieval Slovakia

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43782-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 672 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1249 g

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

How and when a west Slavic principality centred on Nitra originated in the middle Danube is a key question of medieval East Central Europe. In this book, Ján Steinhübel reconstructs the origins, history and expansion of this Nitrian Principality. Based on contemporary sources and extensive historical and archaeological literature, he traces the development of the land for 640 years (470-1110). The book illuminates Nitrian development since the decline of the Avars, its short period of independence in 9th century and later its incorporation to Great Moravia and Hungary respectively. It argues that Nitrian Principality laid the national, territorial and historical foundations of Slovakia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steinhübel, Ján

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Hilfswissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Ján Steinhübel is a senior researcher at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. His work focuses on the early medieval period, especially on Great Moravia and the early history of Hungary.