Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of Medieval History
- Code
- BA-ERA-DMH-S-10
- Title
- Medieval Hungary in Central European Context
- Usual semester
- Spring
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 6
- Language
- en
- Learning outcomes
- a) Knowledge: By completing the course, students will gain an overview of the major events in the history of medieval Hungary and the driving forces behind them. As the course covers not only classic historical events but also issues related to social, economic, and cultural history, students will gain insight into these topics as well. They will become familiar with the unique characteristics of the development of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, viewed in a Central European context. b) Abilities: After completing the seminar, students will be able to describe, interpret, and contextualize the turning points of medieval Hungarian history. They will be familiar with the relevant modern literature (monographs, collections of studies, independent studies). c) Attitude: After completing the course, students will be able to discuss issues with an open, empathetic, yet sufficiently critical attitude. d) Autonomy and responsibility: Students will be able to independently compare their own views with previous research findings, formulate their own views, present them in detail, and argue for them independently.
- Course content
- An overview of the most important stages in the history of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. These include the Hungarian conquest, the founding of the state, the Mongol invasion, society during the Árpád dynasty, characteristics of urban development, the Anjou dynasty, the reign of Sigismund of Luxembourg, Ottoman-Hungarian relations, and the collapse of the medieval kingdom and the division of the country into three parts. Where relevant, we strive to interpret the events in question within a Central European context.
- Assessment method
- Prepare a presentation and give a short lecture on one of the topics discussed during the semester.
- Bibliography
- László Kontler, Millennium in Central Europe. A History of Hungary, Budapest, 2000, 33–39. Ivo Štefan, Conversion to Christianization: Bohemia, Poland, Hungary, and Rus’ (9th to 12th centuries), in: The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300, ed. Florin Curta, London/New York, 2023, 101–120. Cameron Sutt, Lords, Peasants and Slaves, in: The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300, ed. Florin Curta, London/New York, 2023, 265–279. Nora Berend, Przemysław Urbańczyk, Przemysław Wiszewski, Central Europe in the High Middle Ages, Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, Cambridge, 2013, 443–448. Balázs Nagy, The Towns of Medieval Hungary in the Reports of Contemporary Travellers, in: Segregation – Integration – Assimilation: Religious and Ethnic Groups in the Medival Towns of Central and Eastern Europe, eds. Derek Keene, Balázs Nagy, Katalin Szende, London/New York, 2009, 169–178. David Abulfia, The Italian South, in: The New Cambridge Medieval History, vol. VI, ed. Michael Jones, Cambridge, 2000, 488–514. Pál Engel, The Realm of St. Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary 895–1526. London/New York, 2001, 209–228. Katalin Szende: The Urban Economy in Medieval Hungary, in: The Economy of Medieval Hungary, eds. József Laszlovszky et al., Leiden–Boston, 2022, 335–359. Gábor Ágoston, The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe, Princeton, 2021, 26–73. Tamás Pálosfalvi, From Nicopolis to Mohács: A History of Ottoman–Hungarian Warfare, 1389–1526, Leiden/Boston, 2018, 445–462.