Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 499 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9789004515864
Series Statement:
East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 volume 83
Content:
Little is known about the Christianization of east-central and eastern Europe, due to the fragmentary nature of the historical record. Yet occasionally, unexpected archaeological discoveries can offer fresh angles and new insights. This volume presents such an example: the discovery of a Byzantine-like church in Alba Iulia, Transylvania, dating from the 10th century - a unique find in terms of both age and function. Next to its ruins, another church was built at the end of the 11th century, following a Roman Catholic architectural model, soon to become the seat of the Latin bishopric of Transylvania. Who built the older, Byzantine-style church, and what was the political, religious and cultural context of the church? How does this new discovery affect our perception of the ecclesiastical history of Transylvania? A new reading of the archaeological and historical record prompted by these questions is presented here, thereby opening up new challenges for further research. Contributors are: Daniela Marcu Istrate, Florin Curta, Horia I. Ciugudean, Aurel Dragotă, Monica-Elena Popescu, Călin Cosma, Tudor Sălăgean, Jan Nicolae, Dan Ioan Mureșan, Alexandru Madgearu, Gábor Thoroczkay, Éva Tóth-Révész, Boris Stojkovski, Șerban Turcuș, Adinel C. Dincă, Mihai Kovács, Nicolae Călin Chifăr, Marius Mihail Păsculescu, and Ana Dumitran
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This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the issue of the Christianization of Transylvania, starting from the recent archaeological discovery of a 10th-century, Byzantine-style church in Alba Iulia
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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List of Illustrations
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Abbreviations
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Notes on Contributors
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Introduction
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Part 1: Archaeological Debates
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1 From the Greek Bishop Hierotheos to the Latin Bishop Simon: The Churches in Alba Iulia and the Controversies Related to the Beginnings of the Diocese of Transylvania
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2 Bulgaria beyond the Danube: Water under the Bridge, or Is There More in the Pipeline?
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3 The Transylvanian Cradle: The Funeral Landscape of Alba Iulia in the Light of ‘Stația de Salvare’ Cemetery (9th–11th Centuries)
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4 Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Crosses with Embossed Figures Discovered in Romania
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Part 2: Historical Debates
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5 From Terra Ultrasilvana to Regnum Erdeelw: Notes on the Historical Evolution of Transylvania in the 10th Century
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6 Hagiography and History in Early Medieval Transylvania: from the Byzantine Bishop Hierotheos (10th Century) to the German Historian Gottfried Schwarz (18th Century)
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7 Patriarch Theophylact, the Horses, and the Hungarians: The Religious Origins of the Byzantine Mission to Tourkia
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8 Ecclesiastical Consequences of the Restoration of Byzantine Power in the Danubian Region
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9 Some Remarks on the Church History of the Carpathian Basin during the 10th and 11th Centuries
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10 Gyula’s Christianity and the Bishopric of the Eastern Mission
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11 The Byzantine Monasteries of Medieval Hungary Revisited
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12 The Hungarian Kingdom between the Imperial Ecclesiology of Otto III and the Pontifical Ecclesiology of Gregory VII
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13 Latin Bishoprics in the ‘Age of Iron’ and the Diocese of Transylvania
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Part 3: Future Debates
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14 The 10th- to 11th-Century Pillared-Church in Alba Iulia: Reconstruction Proposals
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Conclusions
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Bibliography
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Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004515772
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Christianization in early medieval Transylvania Leiden : Brill, 2022 ISBN 9789004515772
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1163/9789004515864
Author information:
Marcu Istrate, Daniela 1964-
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