The man of many devices, who wandered full many ways-- : festschrift in honour of János M. Bak / edited by Balázs Nagy and Marcell Sebők.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagy, Balázs.

Contributor:

Sebők, Marcell.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bak, János M.

Historians--Hungary.

Historians.

Middle Ages.

Medievalists--Hungary.

Medievalists.

Hungary--Historiography.

Hungary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (728 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Central European University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

Essays in English, German and French.

Summary:

More than sixty friends and colleagues pay tribute to the distinguished professor János Bak's 70th birthday. Notable contributors from many countries dedicate previously unpublished essays and articles in this celebratory Festschrift. Reflecting the intellectual calibre of János Bak, scholars not only of medieval history, but also from the fields of modern history, philosophy, linguistics, art history and political science provide a broad range of perspectives on a wide range of disciplinary areas thus allowing a wide readership audience.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABULA GRATULATORIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

I. PERSONALIA

BAKSI

FINDING (AND LOSING?) THE RIGHT PATH TOGETHER (1945-48)

"DORANGE: " A STORY OF SOLIDARITY

THE IMRE NAGY INSTITUTE IN BRUSSELS . A LETTER OF SORTS TO JÁNOS BAK

BAK-AS I SEE HIM

II. ARTES

KUNSTHISTORISCHE BEMERKUNGEN ZUR VISION DES HEILIGEN GERHARD/GELLÉRT

BYZANTIUM AND THE WEST: MUSIC AS A CULTURAL BETRAYER

THE HOLY FATHER AND THE DEVI LS , O R COULD THE HUNGARIAN ANGEVIN LEGENDARY HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR A POPE?

"YOUNG, RICH , AND BEAUTIFUL. " THE VISUALIZATION OF MALE BEAUTY IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

III. REBELLIONES

VIOLENCE AND THE QUEEN'S BODY: MEDIEVAL CONSORTS , STATECRAFT, AND DISORDER IN TWELFTH-CENTURY FRANCE

VIOLENCE AND THE SOCIAL ORDER IN A MEDIEVAL SOCIETY: THE EVIDENCE FROM THE HENRYKÓW REGION, CA. 1150- CA. 1300

LE JUIF AU TRIBUNAL: CRACOVIE, XVEME SIECLE

IMAGES AND DESIGNATIONS FOR REBELLIOUS PEASANTS IN LATE MEDIEVAL HUNGARY

UTOPIA AND REFORMATION IN CENTRAL EUROPE

IV. MAJESTAS

DIE GEBURT JESU, DER KAISER AUGUSTUS UND DIE SIBYLLE VON TIVOLI

THE ADVENTUS OF CONSTANTIUS II TO ROME 3 5 7 A . D .

A GLIMPSE OF OPENNESS I N MEDIEVAL SOCIETY: AL-HAKAM II OF CÓRDOBA AND HIS NON-MUSLIM COLLABORATORS

EXEAT AULA? RULERSHIP IN GOTTFRIED VON STRASSBURG'S TRISTAN

THE LIVRES BLEU AND ROUGE. TWO CORONATION MANUS CRI PTS IN THE CATHEDRAL OF REIMS

FEMALE CONTROL OF DYNASTIC POLITICS IN SIXTEENTH

CENTURY POLAND

V. HAGIOGRAPHICA

MANKIND'S COMMON INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCE: A STUDY IN THE LETTERS OF SAINT ANTONY AND HIS LIFE BY SAINT ATHANASIUS

CONSTANTINE-CYRIL, APOSTLE OF THE SLAVS, AS " BIBLIOTHECARY, " OR HOW BYZANTINE WAS THE AUTHOR OF CONSTANTINE'S VITA ?

ST. STEPHEN OF PERM: MISSIONARY AND POPULAR SAINT

DIE UNGARNMISSION DES HL. ADALBERTS

WAS THE CULT OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW A ROYAL OPTION IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CROATIA?

"SPEKYN FOR GODDYS CAWSE" : MARGERY KEMPE AND THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY

VI. QUOTIDIANA

FEASTS , GAMES , AND INVERSIONS : REFLECTIONS ON THE UPS AND DOWNS OF SF-GALL

A MEDIEVAL PARADE?

SIGNS OF POWER AND SIGNS OF HOSPITALITY: THE FESTIVE ENTRIES OF THE ORDENSMEISTER INTO LATE MEDIEVAL REVAL

BEER IN EASTERN EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES

KERBHÖLZER IN ALTEUROPA-ZWIS CHEN DORFSCHMIEDE UND SCHATZAMT

HOUSING IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY HUNGARIAN CITIES

VII. VARIA MEDIEVALIA

A GIFT AWAITS AN ANSWER. A PAGE FROM THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF SOCIETY

CAROLINGIAN ELOPEMENTS AS A SIDELIGHT ON COUNTS AND VASSALS

TRANSCONTINENTAL TRADE FROM EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE TO WESTERN EUROPE (FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES)

ENEMY, OBSTACLE, ALLY? HE GREEK IN WESTERN CRUSADE PROPOSALS (1274-1311)

ETERNAL ALLEGIANCES . DUNS S COTUS ' PLACE IN THE DEBATE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ETERNALLY CREATED WORLD

THE VERNACULAR LANGUAGES OF EAST CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

A PREFACE, MAINLY TEXTUAL, TO ALCUIN'S DE RATIONE ANIMAE

VIII. HUNGARICA

ERBTEILUNG UND FAMILIENBILDUNG

THE FILIAL QUARTER AND FEMALE INHERITANCE IN MEDIEVAL HUNGARIAN LAW

FIELD SYSTEMS IN MEDIEVAL HUNGARY

WAS THERE A BOURGEOISIE IN MEDIEVAL HUNGARY?

DIE UNGARISCHE POLITIK KONRADS II

DUX ET PRAECEPTOR HIEROSOLIMITANORUM. KÖNIG LADISLAUS (LÁSZLÓ) VON UNGARN ALS IMAGINARER KREUZRITTER

DIE DOMKAPITEL UND IHRE DOMHERREN BIS ANFANG DES 1 2 . JAHRHUNDERTS IN UNGARN

SUMMA POTESTAS POST DEUM-PAPAL DILECTIO AND HUNGARIAN DEVOTIO IN THE REIGN OF INNOCENT III

THE MANTLE OF BÉLA IV

HUNGARIANS IN AN ANONYMOUS BYZANTINE GEOGRAPHICAL TREATISE

THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN AND THE HUNGARIAN PRIVATE LEGAL LITERACY UP TO THE MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY

DEFINING THE POSITION OF CROATIA DURING THE RESTORATION OF ROYAL POWER (1345-1361) . AN OUTLINE

THE FADING GLORY OF A FORMER ROYAL SEAT: THE CASE OF MEDIEVAL TEMESVÁR

A HISTORY OF THE CYKO FAMILY OF POMÁZ

UN AMBASSADEUR BIEN CHOISI : BERNARDINUS DE FRANGIPANUS ET SA MISSION A NAPLES , EN 1476

ISTVÁN WERBŐCZY ALS POLITIKER IN DER ZEIT VOR MOHÁCS ( 1 526)

SEBASTIAN THÖKÖLY AND HIS SENSIBILITY TOWARDS RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS

LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE GERGELY BERZEVICZY

THE "BATTLE" OF NAGYKOVÁCSI. A PERSONAL MEMOIR RECONFIRMED BY THE ENEMY

IX. HISTORIOGRAPHICA

MYTHS CHASING MYTHS : THE LEGEND OF THE TROJAN ORIGIN OF THE FRENCH AND ITS DISMANTLING

GESCHICHTSSCHREIBUNG IM DIENSTE VON HERRSCHAFTSINTERESSEN AM BEISPIEL FRANKREICHS IM SPATMITTELALTER

THE REIGN OF HENRY IV OF ENGLAND , 1399-1413. A CENTURY OF H I STORICAL RESEARCH AND WRITING

THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE SO-CALLED "EAST COLONISATION" AND THE CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH

THE SURVIVAL OF MEDIEVAL TRADITIONS AT EARLY AMERICAN COLLEGES TO CA. 1800

DAS BEISPIEL UNGARN IM STANDIS CHEN OSTEUROPA

C. A. MACARTNEY'S STUDIES ON EARLY HUNGARIAN H ISTORY

ENGLISHNESS BETWEEN CLASS AND ETHNICITY

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF JÁNOS M. BA K

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-003-72275-X

963-386-500-X

9781003722755

OCLC:

1292970472