Memory, State, and Past Remembering in East Central and Northern Europe

Piotr Pranke is an assistant professor who deals with the history of medieval Scandinavia and Central and Eastern Europe, and is a member of the Faculty of Historical Sciences at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. His scientifc interests include the history of trade in the Viking era and the history of the Ottonian Empire and its infuence on the shaping of the areas of East Central and Northern Europe.Łukasz Różycki is Professor of History at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. His main research interests include the study of Roman and Byzantine theory of warfare, with a particular focus on military treatises.Marcin Lisiecki is Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń; works at the Faculty of Humanities of the Nicolaus Copernicus University; his scientific interests focus, among others, on around popular culture, animated film and research on myths.

• List of ContributorsChapter 1 Memory of the Past. John Lydos on the Origins of Rome and Roman Offices in the Period of Kings Szymon Olszaniec Chapter 2 Macedonia between two worlds: Roman and Barbaricum (7th-9th centuries) Mitko B. PanovChapter 3 Testimonies and Questions Related to the Elite Formation Process - the case of Antes (4th–7th century) Georgios Kardaras Chapter 4 (In)Visible Members of The Society: Children and Adolescents as Seen in a Tenth-Century Collection of Miracle Stories in Medieval BulgariaYanko M. Hristov Chapter 5 Rome in the early Piast state Przemysław Urbańczyk Chapter 6 Memory on the battle of Hlyrskógsheiðr and medieval development of the cult of St. Óláfr Jakub MorawiecChapter 7 dame de cassel et ses mercenaires polonais. l’histoire de la création d’un duché Tamás ÖlbeiChapter 8 Charlemagne in medieval illuminations: representations of religious and temporal power at the crossroads of the West and the EastSabina Madgearu Chapter 9 the battle of cedynia – memory vs. history. around 1050th anniversary of the events of 972 in cidini Stanisław Rosik Chapter 10 Imagination of royal power and monarchy in Polish cultural texts for children and youth Marcin Lisiecki Chapter 11 The Nature of the Rulers Power in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 13-14 century Yanina RyierChapter 12 Hungarian border defence strategy against early Hussite invasions Imre Solt VargaChapter 13 Some Considerations on the Emergence of the Moldavian state (13-14 Century) Alexandru MadgearuChapter 14 "It was said near the ‘tower’ of Mstislav". Accounts of the Rus’ princes from Deszt–i–Kipczak on the example of Mstislav Mstislavovich and Danilo RomanovichDariusz Dąbrowski Chapter 15 Two Kings in One Realm: King Béla IV of Hungary and his Younger Brother, Prince Coloman Gábor BarabásChapter 16 The Romanness of the Master Vincentius’s Account on the Bolesław the Wrymouth’s Campaign against Nakło (Chronica Polonorum, III.14–17)Radosław Kotecki Chapter 17 Magister Vincentius’ Tales of Power. Roman Decor of the Early Piast Monarchy in the Chronica PolonorumFranciszek Dąbrowski Chapter 18 Rome, Christianity and the Empire - did Piasts need external legitimization of their power (2nd half of the 10th c. - beginning of the 12th c.) Przemysław Wiszewski