The Nitrian Principality : : the beginnings of medieval Slovakia / / by Jan Steinhubel ; translated by David McLean.

• Superior document: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; Volume 68
• VerfasserIn: Steinhubel, Jan,
• TeilnehmendeR: McLean, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]; 2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; Volume 68.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 670 pages) :; maps.

"How and when a west Slavic principality centred on Nitra originated in the middle Danube is a key question of medieval East Central Europe. In this book, Ján Steinhübel reconstructs the origins, history and expansion of this Nitrian Principality. Based on contemporary sources and extensive historical and archaeological literature, he traces the development of the land for 640 years (470-1110). The book illuminates Nitrian development since the decline of the Avars, its short period of independence in 9th century and later its incorporation to Great Moravia and Hungary respectively. It argues that Nitrian Principality laid the national, territorial and historical foundations of Slovakia"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Quadia and Suebia -- From the Arrival of the Slavs Up through Samo's Realm -- Avar Domination -- Fall of the Avar Khaganate -- Nitria the Independent Principality (805-833) -- Pribina and Kocel in Pannonia -- The Mojmírs in Nitria -- The Moravian Fight for Independence (861-871) -- Svätopluk's Realm -- Great Moravia and the Magyars -- After the Downfall of Great Moravia -- Tales about Svätopluk -- Hungarian Principalities -- Nitria in the Emerging Árpád State -- Between Hungary and Poland (1001-1029) -- The Escape and Return of Four Árpáds (1029-1048) -- Kings against Princes, Princes against Kings (1048-1077) -- The Last Princes (1077-1108) -- Árpád Nitria - Hungarian and Slavic -- The End of the Nitrian Principality (1108-1110)