Balázs Nagy, dósent í miðaldasögu við Eötvös Loránd háskólann í Budapest í Ungverjalandi, heldur fyrirlestur hjá Miðaldastofu Háskóla Íslands fimmtudaginn 27. apríl kl. 16.30 í stofu 101 í Odda. Hann lýsir efni fyrirlestrarins svo:
The presentation will discuss the urbanisation of the East Central Europe region from the 11th century, when after the Christianisation of Bohemia, Poland and Hungary a new take-off started, which was principally based on the emergence of early bishoprics and royal centres. The comparison of the development of residence cities offers a good way to demonstrate various factors which influenced the urbanisation in the region. Prague, Cracow and the royal residences in the so-called Medium Regni of Hungary, Esztergom, Visegrád and Buda offer good examples for the significance of environmental conditions in the rise of early centres. There are several parallel elements in the topographical development of these cities also. The presence of the royal residences contributed significantly to the urban development of Prague, Cracow and royal centres in Hungary. Both Prague and Cracow played a role as a monarchical residence from the early period, but in Hungary, the royal residences were situated in various locations. Buda finally got the position of permanent royal residence only in early 15th century, comparatively much later than its Central European counterparts. The conscious building activity of both Sigismund of Luxemburg (1387-1437) and Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490) of Hungary finally made Buda a coequal example of Central European residence cities.
Balázs Nagy is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the Eötvös Loránd University from where he holds his doctoral degree (1995) and visiting faculty at the Department of Medieval Studies at the Central European University, Budapest. His main research interest is medieval economic and urban history of Central Europe.
Fyrirlesturinn verður fluttur á ensku. / The talk will be delivered in English.
Fyrirlesturinn er öllum opinn. / All are welcome to attend.
Miðaldastofa Háskóla Íslands
The University of Iceland Centre for Medieval Studies
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