Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages : : An Introduction to Early Hungarian History / / András Róna-Tas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Róna-Tas, András,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (606 p.)

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.

Table of 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