Del 5 - Central European Medieval Texts - CEU Press

Anonymus and Master Roger

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

AvMartyn Rady,János M. Bak,László Veszprémy,Janos M. Bak,Laszlo Veszpremy,János M Bak

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Contains two very different narratives; both are for the first time presented in an updated Latin text with an annotated English translation.An anonymous notary of King Bela of Hungary wrote a Latin Gesta Hungarorum (ca. 1200/10), a literary composition about the mythical origins of the Hungarians and their conquest of the Carpathian Basin. Anonymus tried to (re)construct the events and protagonists—including ethnic groups—of several centuries before from the names of places, rivers, and mountains of his time, assuming that these retained the memory of times past. One of his major "inventions" was the inclusion of Attila the Hun into the Hungarian royal genealogy, a feature later developed into the myth of Hun-Hungarian continuity.The Epistle to the Sorrowful Lament upon the Destruction of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Tartars of Master Roger includes an eyewitness account of the Mongol invasion in 1241–2, beginning with an analysis of the political conditions under King Bela IV and ending with the king's return to the devastated country.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-07-01
Mått159 x 234 x 30 mm
Vikt618 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCentral European Medieval Texts - CEU Press
Antal sidor324
FörlagCentral European University Press
ISBN9789639776951

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Martyn Rady is Emeritus Professor of Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London.János M. Bak, professor emeritus CEU (Budapest) and UBC (Vancouver) was editor in chief of Decreta Regni Mediaevalis Hungariae. The Laws of the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary (DRMH), and member of the editorial board of Central European Medieval Texts.László Veszprémy, DSc is medievalist, paleographer, visiting professor at CEU, Department of Medieval Studies, director of the Institute of Military History. Books: co-author of the series Mittelalterliche lateinische Handschriftenfragmente (1988-98); editor, among other books, of Simonis de Kéza, Gesta Hungarorum (1999 CEMT 1); and (with B. K. Király) A Millennium of Hungarian Military History (2002).

General Editors’ Preface Abbreviations List of Maps and Illustrations Anonymus Introduction Gesta Hungarorum The Deeds of the Hungarians / Gesta Hungarorum Master Roger Introduction Epistola in Miserabile Carmen super destructione regni Hungarie per Tartaros facta / Epistle to the Sorrowful Lament upon the Destruction of the kingdom of Hungary by the Tartars Epistola in Miserabile Carmen / Epistle to the Sorrowful Lament Select Bibliography Index of Proper Names Index of Geographical Names Gazetteer of Geographical Names

"...series of critical Latin texts with English translations are much needed to give undergraduates access to these sources, and I am personally very glad to see work progress on this series. The translations of both Anonymus' and Rogerius' works are generally well done with introductions that are judicious in detail and scope, and they would make wonderful additions to students' readings lists. The critical Latin edition makes this work useful to scholars as well."