Moravia’s history reconsidered. A reinterpretation of medieval sources
Imre Boba
Moravia’s history reconsidered. A reinterpretation of medieval sources
by Imre Boba
Martinus Nijhoff / The Hague 1971
ISBN 90 247 5041 5
CONTENTS
PREFACE IX
I. REWRITING MORAVIA’S HISTORY 1
a. A brief outline of the history of Moravia 3
b. Premises of Moravian history 6
c. The diocese of Saint Methodius 11
d. Moravia part of Slavonia 14
e. Slavonic liturgy in Croatia and Dalmatia 18
II. BASIC PREMISES 21
a. Marava, Maravenses and Moravia 21
b. Slavonia 27
III. THE REALM OF MORAVIA 31
a. Testimony of Western Chronicles and Annals 31
b. Testimony of Byzantine sources 76
IV. THE EPISCOPACY AND DIOCESE OF ST. METHODIUS 86
a. Testimony of Ecclesiastic sources 86
b. The so-called “Forgeries of Lorch” 97
V. MEDIEVAL HISTORIOGRAPHY ON MORAVIA 104
a. Tradition and evidence south of the Drava 104
b. Tradition and evidence north of the Danube 118
VI. ARCHEOLOGY AND PHILOLOGY CONCERNING MORAVIA 141
a. Evidence derived from archeology 141
b. Philological evidence 146
CONCLUSIONS 159
BIBLIOGRAPHY 161
INDEX 165
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