Hungarians and Europe in the early Middle Ages : an introduction to early Hungarian history / András Róna-Tas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Róna-Tas, András.

Râona-Tas, Andrâas., Author.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Standardized Title:

Honfoglaló magyar nép. English

Language:

English

Hungarian

Subjects (All):

Magyars--History.

Magyars--History--Sources.

Hungary--History--To 896.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (566 p.) ill. (some col.), maps, charts ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-489) and indexes.

Summary:

Lavishly illustrated, the book contains seventy five historical maps and colour plates which visualize the historical background of Hungary and introduces its early history to a broader readership. The early history of Hungarians is embedded into the history of Eurasia and special attention is given to the relationship of the Hungarians with the Khazars and the Bulghar-Turks. The first part deals with methods and sources which can be used for elucidating the ancient history of the Hungarians, relying on research into linguistics, archaeology, anthropology and natural history. The second part traces how the Hungarians came into the Carpathian Basin and answers such questions as: who are the Magyars, from where did they come and how did they conquer the land? It reconstructs and examines their early political and social structure, the economy, and religion, and compares the Hungarian medieval process with the ethnogenetic processes of the Germanic, Slavic and Turkic people.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TRANSLATOR'S NOTES

PARTONE. A METHODOLOGlCAL lNTRODUCTION AND THE SOURCES

I. INTRODUCTION

II. THE SOURCES

PART TWO. RELATIVES AND NEIGHBOURS

III. THE RELATIVES

IV. THE NEIGHBOURS

V. EURASIA IN THE 9TH AND 10TH CENTURIES

PART THREE. FROM THE URAlS TO THE CARPATHlAN BASlN

VI.T HE NAMES OF THE MAGYARS BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF STATE

VII. URHEIMATS AND MIGRATION

VIII.T HE CONQUEST

IX.T HE MAGYARS IN THE CARPATHIAN BASIN

X. THE INTEGRATION OF THE MAGYARS WITHIN EUROPE

XI. SUMMARY OVERVIEW

PART FOUR. RE CENT RESEARCH AND STUDIES

XII. AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY OF ANCIENT HUNGARIAN HISTORY

XIII. THE LEVEDl QUESTION AND THE EARLIEST HUNGARIAN CHRONICLE

XIV. HISTORICAL TRADITIONS, ATTILA AND THE HUNNISH-MAGYAR KINSHIP

XV. THE EAST MAGYARS, THE BASHKIRIAN TRIBAL NAMES AND YUGRIA

XVI. THE SZÉKELY RUNIFORM SCRIPT

APPENDICES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHART OF RULERS

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

INDEX OF WORDS, ETHNIC AND TRIBAL NAMES

LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES AND PLATES

SOURCES OF MAPS, FIGURES AND PLATES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-003-72010-2

963-386-572-7

OCLC:

1295277526

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08612 hdl