Coloman, King of Galicia and Duke of Slavonia (1208-1241) : : Medieval Central Europe and Hungarian Power / / Gábor Barabás, Márta Font.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Font, Márta,; Barabás, Gábor,
• Place / Publishing House: Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Beyond Medieval Europe
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)

A figure of crucial importance to scholarship on western and eastern Europe alike, King Coloman (1208-1241) here receives long-overdue scholarly treatment as a key figure of the thirteenth century. The Árpád prince ruled over a vast area in Central Europe which remained largely affiliated to the Western Church, territories that comprise modern-day Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, and Bosnia. This study draws on Hungarian and other research that is inaccessible outside the region and places Coloman at the crossroads of Latin Christendom, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Mongol Empire.

A figure of crucial importance to scholarship on western and eastern Europe alike, King Coloman (1208-1241) here receives long-overdue scholarly treatment as a key figure of the thirteenth century. The Árpád prince ruled over a vast area in Central Europe which remained largely affiliated to the Western Church. Renowned for fighting the Mongol Empire, he had close relations with Pope Gregory IX, and he was a contemporary of Emperor Friedrich II, Philippe Auguste of France, and Henry III of England. Coloman controlled territories that comprise modern-day Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, and Bosnia and, as a result, he has long featured in various competing national historiographies. This study draws on Hungarian and other research that is inaccessible outside the region and places Coloman at the crossroads of Latin Christendom, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Mongol Empire. It moves beyond previous national and religious narratives and foregrounds Central Europe in the history of early thirteenth-century Europe.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART ONE: COLOMAN AS CHILD RULER OF GALICIA -- Chapter 1. The Galician Context in 1205 -- Chapter 2. The Agreement of Scepus -- Chapter 3. Coloman's Coronation as King of Galicia: Date and Place -- Chapter 4. The Hungarian Elite and Coloman's Court -- Chapter 5. Coloman's Position in Halych, 1215-22: Campaigns and Opponents -- Chapter 6. Upholding the Galician Claim: Coloman's Place in Hungary -- PART TWO: COLOMAN, DUKE OF WHOLE SLAVONIA (1226-1241) -- Chapter 7. Coloman and Scepus, before 1226 -- Chapter 8. Coloman as Duke of Whole Slavonia from 1226 -- Chapter 9. Coloman's Status and the Inner Workings of the Duchy -- Chapter 10. Coloman's Ecclesiastical and Secular Actitivities in Slavonia -- Chapter 11. Coloman's Rule in Slavonia -- Chapter 12. Politics and Dynastic Affairs -- Chapter 13. Challenges in the Balkans -- Chapter 14. The Mongol Attack and Coloman's Death -- Conclusion: Coloman in the Eyes of Posterity -- Bibliography -- Index