Moravia’s history reconsidered. A reinterpretation of medieval sources

 

by Imre Boba

 

 

Martinus Nijhoff / The Hague 1971

 

 

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“The entanglement of Moravia with

the Bulgarians must be clarified by history.“

 

V. T. Tatishchev’s marginal note in the manuscript of his Istoriia Rossiiskaia  [*] (completed in 1750).

*. Cf., V. N. Tatishchev, Istoriia Rossiiskaia, vol. 2 (Moscow-Leningrad, 1963); p. 301.

 

Contents

Bibliography

Index

 

    Preface

I. Rewriting Moravia’s history  1

a. A brief outline of the history of Moravia — b. Premises of Moravian history — c. The diocese of Saint Methodius — d. Moravia part of Slavonia — e. Slavonic liturgy in Croatia and Dalmatia

 

II. Basic premises  21

a. Marava, Maravenses and Moravia — b. Slavonia

 

III. The realm of Moravia  31

a. Testimony of Western Chronicles and Annals — b. Testimony of Byzantine sources

 

IV. The episcopacy and diocese of St. Methodius  86

a. Testimony of Ecclesiastic sources — b. The so-called “Forgeries of Lorch”

 

V. Medieval historiography on Moravia  104

a. Tradition and evidence south of the Drava — b. Tradition and evidence north of the Danube

 

VI. Archeology and philology concerning Moravia  141

a. Evidence derived from archeology — b. Philological evidence

 

    Conclusions  159

 

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