The fall of Great Moravia : : who was buried in grave H153 at Pohansko near Breclav? / / editors, Jiri Machacek, Martin Wihoda.

• TeilnehmendeR: Macháček, Jiří, 1971-; Wihoda, Martin, 1967-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019]
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 54.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 252 pages).

The excavated foundations of a ninth-century sacral building in the northeastern suburb of Pohansko, an important centre of Great Moravia, and especially the find of the nobleman's grave H 153, has focused scholarly attention onto the nature of the Mojmirid state and the reasons behind its sudden disintegration. In this volume, a group of archaeologists, historians and a natural scientist aim to incorporate this remarkable discovery into the wider frameworks of Moravian power, society, and culture, and thereby arrive at some surprising conclusions. Contributors: are Stefan Eichert, David Kalhous, Pavel Kouřil, Jiří Macháček, Vladimír Sládek, Ivo Štefan, Martin Wihoda, Roman Zehetmayer.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- The Great Moravian Rotunda at Pohansko and an Osteobiographical Profile of Its Founder / Jiří Macháček and Vladimír Sládek -- The Austrian Danube Region in the Decades Around 900 / Roman Zehetmayer -- The Magyars and Their Contribution to the Collapse and Fall of Great Moravia: Allies, Neighbours, Enemies / Pavel Kouřil -- The Second Life of the Mojmirid Dukes / Martin Wihoda -- Graves, Churches, Culture and Texts: The Processes of Christianisation in the Early Middle Ages and Their Social and Cultural Context / David Kalhous -- "Founder Tombs" in Early Medieval Carantania: A Survey / Stefan Eichert -- Great Moravia, the Beginnings of Přemyslid Bohemia and the Problem of Cultural Change / Ivo Štefan -- Who Was the Man Buried in Grave H153 in Pohansko and What Happened to Him and His Family at the End of Great Moravia? / Jiří Macháček -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.