Studying medieval rulers and their subjects : Central Europe and beyond

Contents: Preface Part I The Study of Rulers and Ruled: Medieval symbology of the state: Percy E. Schramm's contribution Percy Ernst Schramm (1895a "1970) on P.E. Schramm Coronation studies: past, present, and future a " 30 years later Serfs and serfdom: words and things Probleme einer vergleichenden Betrachtung mittelalterlicher Eliten in Ostmitteleuropa. Part II Central European Rulers: Symbols and Functions: Holy lance, holy crown, holy dexter: sanctity of insignia in medieval East Central Europe Sankt Stefans Armreliquie im Ornat KA nig Wenzels von Ungarn Legitimization of rulership in 3 narratives from 12th-century Central Europe Lists in the service of legitimation in Central European sources Queens as scapegoats in medieval Hungary. Part III Hungary in the Late Middle Ages: A kingdom of many languages: the case of medieval Hungary Monarchie im Wellental: Materielle Grundlagen des ungarischen KA nigtums im fA nfzehnten Jahrhundert Sigismund and the Ottoman advance Hungary and crusading in the 15th century 'Good king Polish Ladislas a |': history and memory of the short reign of Wladislaw Warnenczyk in Hungary The Hungary of Matthias Corvinus: a state in 'Central Europe' on the threshold of modernity. Part IV History and Politics: The ideology of a 'millennial constitution' in Hungary (written with Anna Bak-Gara) Die MediAvisierung der Politik im Ungarn des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts Publications of JA!nos M. Bak, 1999a "2009 Index.