General Information

Language

English.

Published

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2019.

Physical Description

390 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Rychterová, Pavlína, (editor.)

Klaniczay, Gábor, (editor.)

Kras, Paweł, (editor.)

Pohl, Walter, 1953- (editor.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

"The volume unites conversations with four masters of Medieval Studies from east-central Europe: János Bak from Hungary, Jerzy Kłoczowski from Poland, František Šmahel from the Czech Republic, and Herwig Wolfram from Austria. The interviews made by younger colleagues revealed their engaging life stories. The four academics grew up before and during the war, under Nazi occupation, emerged as young scholars in the difficult post-war period, and, for most of their careers, worked in the shadow of the Iron Curtain, two of them spending most of their lifetimes under communist regimes. The conversations focus on ways in which open-minded young intellectuals became medieval historians under difficult circumstances, on how they experienced the long shadows of totalitarian regimes with their acute sensitivity for historical change, and how their perceptions of the world around them reflected back on their approach to medieval history. The histories of their nations were broken, most of them ceased to exist and were re-established during their lifetimes, came under foreign domination, were split, or their territories shifted - what did that mean for their identities and patriotic feelings? How can the present be reflected in the distant mirror of the medieval past? In this book, the four masters reflect about their lives sharing numerous observations, anecdotes, and experiences"--

Subjects

Subject

Kłoczowski, Jerzy > Interviews.

Bak, János M. > Interviews.

Šmahel, František > Interviews.

Wolfram, Herwig > Interviews.

Medievalists > Europe, Central > Interviews.

Medievalists > Europe, Central > Biography.

Europe, Central > History.

Europe, Central > Social conditions.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by Pavlína Rychterová, Gábor Klaniczay, Paweł Kras, and Walter Pohl.

Content

Introducing Jerzy Kłoczowski : Jerzy Kłoczowski in conversation with Paweł Kras -- Introducing János M. Bak : János M. Bak in conversation with Gábor Klaniczay -- Introducing František Šmahel : František Šmahel in conversation with Pavlína Rychterová -- Introducing Herwig Wolfram : Herwig Wolfram in conversation with Walter Pohl.

Available in another form

Online version: Times of upheaval Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2019 9789633863060 (DLC) 2019009664

ISBN

9789633863053

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	943.7/022072022 RYC		OSA Repository	-

Browse related items