Zemepisná identifikácia riek na Slovensku v stredoveku a odvodený názov sídel

Author(s): Ferdinand Uličný / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 2/2015

The theme of this study is to look through, identify and describe the circumstances that led to formation of the scientific knowledge of the geographical identification of flows of some rivers in Slovakia in the Middle Ages. The result is a recognition that to the lower, middle and upper streams of the rivers got the same name - hydronym. In the 13th-14th century settlers founded in the valleys of lower, but mainly in the upper parts of some rivers new villages, named by traditional names of the rivers. It happened at different times and in different locality, as in the case of Nitra, Važec, Hronec, Poprad, Torysa, Ondavka and other settlements. In the study we pay attention to group of the biggest rivers in Slovakia.

Obraz Košíc v slovenskej historiografii v rokoch 1918 – 1938

Author(s): Ondrej Ficeri / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2015

The aim of the article is to reconstruct the image of the town of Košice produced by members of Slovak historiography, and by Czech historians working in Slovakia in the period of existence of the First Czechoslovak Republic 1918 – 1938. The article focuses on answering the questions: how was the „magyarized“ image of the town „slovakized“ by Czechoslovak historians, how they refl ected on the pre-Trianon Magyarization of the town, how they referred to importance of Košice in the Hungarian nation narrative; which processes and events in the history of Košice were emphasised, and which were obeyed. The article deals with variety of strategies in picturing the town and in reinterpretation of the respective historical events in its history. It also attempts to evaluate what role Košice played in the constructed Czechoslovak national discourse. Finally, the article aims to explain reasons, why Košice in the inter-war period, despite becoming a strategic metropolitan hub of East Slovakia, was left in the peripheral position in the context of the Slovak national narrative.

Two parishes in medieval Miskolc (Hungary): Old Town and New Town of Miskolc between 14th and 16th century

Author(s): Éva Gyulai / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2014

Market towns’ privileges and their system of self-government and administration were similar to the free royal cities. In the late 14th century, Miskolc doubled in size, besides the „Old Town“, the „New Town“ was first mentioned in 1376, with its own weekly fairs and administration, even with a separate parish. The parish church of the New Town, first mentioned in one of the Pope’s deeds in 1445, bore the name of the Holy Virgin Mary as its title. The fact that a cotters’ street or quarter came into being next to the church of the New Town indicates the independence of the New Town and its parish, similarly to the Old Town. The separation of the Old Town and the New Town was a medieval phenomenon, however the dual centres did not survive the Middle Ages, as Miskolc was burnt down by the Turkish troops in 1544. On the ruins of the former parish, a new baroque monastery of the Conventual Franciscans (Minorites) was built in 1720s, and a Minorite scribe made a small drawing in the protocol of the convent showing the outline of the medieval church.

Kostoly a špitály na predmestiach Košíc v stredoveku

Author(s): Drahoslav Magdoško / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 2/2013

The study deals with suburban churches and hospitals in medieval Košice. Author evaluates historiography published on this topic and presents results of detailed research of town books and tax registers. The aim of contribution consists of characterizing of the development, i.e. origins and cessation of the buildings, their approximate geographical location as well as the position in the church administration of Košice. The existence of three churches and two hospitals surrounding the walled town has been proved by the research. The main and also the oldest hospital with a church had patrocinium of the Holy Spirit. It laid in front of the Lower Gate on south. As the second one, the church of St. Ladislaus was erected in the northern suburb. The last such objects built here in the Middle Ages were leprosarium and church of St. Leonard on the west side. In addition to this, there was constructed one more church in the town´s cadaster, staying in the village of Košická Nová Ves.

Archeologické nálezy v uliciach Košíc – studne

Author(s): Marcela Ďurišová / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2013

This contribution describes and evaluates four wells explored or documented in 1990s in the streets of Košice. Two of the wells were investigated in Hlavná Street – one of them is located in the Lower Gate area and the other is near the Immaculata. The third well was researched in Dominikánske Square. The well in front of Kováčska Street 26, damaged by a sewer trench, was documented only. Profile of the wells is round, narrowing towards the bottom. Their construction character is identical as well – stone walls built on a wooden base construction. The maximum difference between the bottoms’ levels is 1.5 m. It was impossible to measure the depth and identify the construction method of the well in Kováčska Street – in front of Kováčska 25, as it was situated under the bottom of the sewer trench backfill. Despite the fact that dating of the wells was not possible, it is undoubtable that they were used in the modern era. They disappeared when the city water supply was built in the beginning of the 20th century.

Relations and Communication of the Representatives of the Town Administrations in Košice, Bardejov and Prešov in the 15th Century

Author(s): Mária Fedorčáková / Language(s): English Issue: 1-2/2012

The paper deals with issues pertaining to the relations and communication between the representatives of the town administrations in Košice, Bardejov and Prešov in the 15th century. The reflection of these relations may be found in correspondence preserved in the archives of these towns. These documents have made the author to note that mutual cooperation was developed among the towns, especially in the field of the town diplomacy by sending common town delegates to the Royal court and high dignitaries of the Kingdom and to the common consultations of the towns. Military aff airs and espionage were another area of cooperation between the towns. If the towns were not directly threatened, in many areas (economy, trade) they acted like rivals. One example is the cause between Bardejov and Prešov because of bleaching linen, lasting for the whole 15th century.

Správa mestských zariadení a mestskí zamestnanci v Bardejove do roku 1526

Author(s): Mária Fedorčáková / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2016

Besides its main tasks – judiciary and executive, the town administration fulfilled a variety of functions ranging from economic production through defense and protection of its citizens, to the development of culture and education. This required oversight and stewardship by municipal dignitaries and extensive system of urban employees. The paper deals with the management of urban employees and town dignitaries responsible for major sectors of town economy, security, health care, culture and other areas of urban living. The author analyzes the position of urban employees and contracts made by town. Management of urban facilities belonged to the main duties of the elected members of the municipal court. Economic facilities (mills, granary), supervision of wine trade, linen weaving or patronage of hospitals represented the main areas of their functions. An important place among municipal employees belonged to servants in judiciary, diplomacy and urban defense. Specific field, financed by the town council, represented the area of art and culture, where painters, masons, organists and trumpeters were employed.

Изложба „Вотиви“ в ИЕФЕМ-БАН

Author(s): Iglika Mishkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2016

Вацлав Ханка и българите

Author(s): Marcel Černý / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5-6/2015

The article examines the contribution of the Czech Revival philologist, publisher and poet Vaclav Hanka (1791–1861) to the Czech-Bulgarian cultural relations and contacts. The author analyzes in more detail his short translation called A Short History of the Slavonic Peoples in Ancient Times (1818), based on the Friedrich Christian Ruhs (1781–1820) book Handbuch der Geschichte des Mittelalters (1816). The chapter devoted to the history of medieval Bulgaria is the first specialized Bulgarian study published in Czech. Hanka has not written a whole bulgarian article on his own (except for the Bulgarian supplements in his research in the field of palaeoslavistics) and is restricted to resolving works of his colleagues and excerpts from the correspondence of his friends, mainly the Russian Slavonic scholar Izmail Ivanovich Srenevski (1812–1880). Nevertheless, for many Bulgarians, he was invaluable advisor during their trips to Bohemia (eg. Ivan Andreev Bogorov, Konstantin Dimitriev Petkovič, Ivan Vasilev Shopov, Petăr Beron, Konstantin Pavlov, Dimităr Stefanov Mutev or Nathanail Zografski) and discoverer and publisher of “Kralovedvorski manuscript” and “Zelenogorski manuscript” pseudo old Czech poetic mystification of the early 19th century, which are considered precious monuments from the 13th and 10th century (to their Bulgarian translators – besides the already-named Petkovič and Shopov – belong Teodosi (Bogdan) Ikonomov, Rayko Zhinzifov, George Benev and Atanas T. Iliev).

От съставителя

Author(s): Rayna Gavrilova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2018

Характеристики на средновековните ислямски затвори на остров Сицилия (IX – XI век)

Author(s): Desislava Vladimirova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

The medieval prisons are part of the Islamic governing system as in the Near East as in the Magreb. The sources about their organization and working methods are rare and straggling. Whatever, medieval Islamic prisons deserve an attention because they are connected with the general institutional environment in the Islamic lands. This article surveys the Islamic prisons in Sicily in the period 9th-11th century. It begins with a review of the emergence of the first Islamic prisons. This information serves as both forming initial impressions and a basis of the subsequent analysis. An important contribution of the article is the collected information from different by language, type and time historical sources. Their careful readings, coupled with a compare analysis, allow us to draw conclusions about the characteristics and location of the medieval Sicilian prisons. Comparison with the prisons in the other Islamic lands over the same historical period shows us common features. This makes it possible to conclude that the penal institutions on the island follow and work on a well-established model.

Българската власт на територията между Долен Дунав и Южните Карпати (дн. Влашка низина) през първата половина на ХІV в.

Author(s): Tervel Popov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2015

The purpose of the article is to examine the restoration of the Bulgarian government in the Wallachian plain in the early fourteenth century. Little-known documentary material is used (the charters of the Hungarian king Carl Robert of October 23, 1317 and March 27, 1329, a letter from Pope John XXII to Wallachian leader Ivanko Basarab from February 1, 1327, etc.) to shed light on the political processes in the Wallachian plain in the first half of the fourteenth century. The text is also based on archaeological researches of towns and villages situated on the left bank of the Danube river. Their architecture and material culture are similar to those of the Bulgarian medieval towns of XII – XIV century, which show a strong relation between the two sides of the great river.

Периодизация на българската средновековна история

Author(s): Georgi N. Nikolov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The article presents for the first time theoretical argumentation for the periodization of Bulgarian medieval history. The attempts for such periodization, which are reflected in the content and structure of the summarized scientific publications on the history of medieval Bulgaria from the end of the 19th century to the present day, are reviewed. It has to be concluded that state-political history is a dominant marker. The lower boundary of the Bulgarian medieval history goes back to the time from the earliest history of the Bulgarians and Slavs before the Great Migration of the Peoples, and the upper boundary is the end of the XVII century. In conclusion, the Bulgarian medieval history can be divided in three main periods: Early, High and Late Middle ages.

Годишно съдържане

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 6/2020

L’art médiéval est-il contemporain? Acte IV

Author(s): Cécile Voyer / Language(s): French Issue: 4/2020

Браничевското владение на братята Дърман и Куделин

Author(s): Tervel Popov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2021

In 1273 or about 1280 the brothers Darman and Kudelin, nobles of Bulgarian-Kuman origin, take over the Branichevo region from the Hungarian Kingdom. Their small principality very soon became stronger. Darman and Kudelin paid little attention to their neighbours due to their strong army, numerous mercenaries and strong fortresses. On several occasions the brothers defeated and fought off Hungarians and also beat the Hungarian vassal Stephan Dragutin. When however their enemies united their forces the two Branichevo nobles could not stand their enemy offensive and sought refuge in the North of the Danube. The fall of the Branichevo principality represented a loss not only for Darman and Kudelin but also for Bulgaria due to the fact that for centuries Bulgarian Tsardom had ruled over the Branichevo region.

Очерк върху отношенията между Цариградската патриаршия и българите през XIV в.

Author(s): Radostin Grigorov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

The article outlines the relations between the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Bulgarians in the 14th century. It is divided into three parts. The first part examines the relations between the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Patriarchate of Tarnovo, and an attempt is being made to present not only the cases of opposition between the two institutions, but also the interaction and spiritual ties between them. The second part presents the relations between the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Bulgarians in the context of the political and ecclesiastical life in the Balkans in that period. The third part presents the relations of the Patriarchate of Constantinople with high-ranking Bulgarian clergy, who developed most of their activities outside the Bulgarian lands. They are evidence of the spiritual growth and influence of the Bulgarian Church before its destruction, as well as an example about the traditional contacts of the Bulgarians with the Byzantine Church.

TOWARDS THE SOURCES OF THE LEGEND OF THE DRAGON OF RHODES

Author(s): / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

The present article is an attempt to search for the sources of the legend of the fight of Deodat de Gozon (Dieudonne de Gozon), the future 27th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller of Saint John at Rhodes (1346 – 1353) with the monstrous dragon of Rhodes in the period during which the island was ruled by the Order of the Knights Hospitaller and also for its possible primary literary sources in the mediaeval tradition of the Alexander Romance, resp. of its version Historia di preliis;

Ежедневието на империите. Средни векове – ХХ век. – Известия на Института за исторически изследвания към Българската академия на науките. Т. 36. 633 с. С., Издателство на българската академия на науките „Проф. Марин Дринов“

Author(s): Rumyana Radkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

Collection Review

Българо-хърватски научни, дипломатически и културни връзки. Минало, настояще и бъдеще

Author(s): Antoaneta Balcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2022