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The power and authority of the medieval Romanians is a slippery subject, which becomes delicate when the analysis focuses on relations in the Kingdom of Hungary. Therefore the book studies the centuries when the Romanians began to rise from the sources. With them a world, unique in its diversity, rose at the eastern limits of Christendom.

This book covers various aspects of the impact of the Jagiellonian dynasty on Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, and its reign in Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and Bohemia (14th-16th century). It renders visible the relevance of the Age of the Jagiellonians for the transformation of Europe between the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.

Le volume contient des articles portant sur l'histoire de la litterature byzantine et l'histoire culturelle de Byzance. L'accent principal tombe sur les nouvelles interpretations des sources primaires, tant publiees qu'inedites, avec l'ambition d'approfondir la comprehension de la societe byzantine.

The book studies political transition from dynastic reign to elective monarchy in sixteenth-century Poland-Lithuania. The political transition is viewed in the context of the great phenomena of early modern Europe, e.g. Reformation and state formation process.

This volume gathers a variety of scientific contributions, from young and experienced researchers alike, on the evolution of frontiers/borders, from the late Middle Ages to the end of the Early Modern Period (eighteenth century). The expansion of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, its diplomatic and military interactions with the Hungarian Kingdom, daily life in medieval borderlands, administrative and military organization of frontiers, transfer of military knowledge and technology, social and demographic impact of border warfare and the militarization of eighteenth century borders are some of the subjects approached by the authors. Their research provides a complex comparative perspective over a region which shares both common and divergent features with the rest of Europe.