The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526

by Pal Engal, Pal Engel, Andrew Ayton, Pál Engel, Tamas Palosfalvi (Translator)

Overview

Now recognised as the standard work on the subject, Realm of St Stephen is a comprehensive history of medieval Eastern and Central Europe. Pal Engel traces the establishment of the medieval kingdom of Hungary from its conquest by the Magyar tribes in 895 until defeat by the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526. He shows the development of the dominant Magyars who, upon inheriting an almost empty land, absorbed the remaining Slavic peoples into their culture after the original communities had largely disappeared.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850439776
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/22/2005
Series:	International Library of Historical Studies , #19
Pages:	472
Sales rank:	494,929
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

The late Pal Engel (1938-2001) was head of the Medieval Department at the Institute of History, Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. Andrew Ayton is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Hull.

Table of Contents

Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Carpathian Basin Before the Hungarians
• The Pagan Hungarians
• The First Century of the Christian Kingdom
• The Twelfth Century
• Early Hungarian Society
• The Age of the Golden Bulls
• The Last Árpadiáns
• Charles I of Anjou (1301-1342)
• The New Monarchy
• Louis the Great (1342-1382)
• The Monarchy of Louis the Great
• The Years of Crises (1382-1403)
• Sigismund's Consolidation
• Sigismund's Foreign Policy (1403-1437)
• Trade and Towns
• The Rural Landscape
• The Age of John Hunyadi (1437-1457)
• King Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490)
• Hungary at the End of the Middle Ages
• The Age of the Jagiellonian Kings (1490-1526)
• Maps
• Genealogical Tables
• Abbreviations
• Endnotes
• Bibliography
• Index

Editorial Reviews

Nominated a Choice Outstanding Title for 2002
""This is now the standard English language treatment of medieval Hungary--its internal history as well as its regional and European significance.""--P. W. Knoll, Choice
""A lively and highly readable narrative.""--Albrecht Classen, Mediaevistik

From the Publisher

Warning that readers from the region who have strong national feeling will find little comfort here, Engel (Medieval history, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) writes specifically for non- Hungarian readers interested in what happened in the Carpathian basin during the Middle Ages. Indeed Ayton (history, U. of Hull) asked him to produce the work for English students. No information is provided about P<'a>losfalvi. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews