Walter Pohl

Gábor Klaniczay

Pavlína Rychterová

Paweł Kras

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, reveal engaging life stories, with numerous observations, anecdotes and experiences. The four scholars 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, 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 then were re-established during their lifetimes, came under foreign domination, were split up, or had their territories shifted. These changes affected these scholars' identities and patriotic feelings, and their present was reflected in the distant mirror of the medieval past.

Four Medievalists in Twentieth-Century Central Europe. Conversations with Jerzy Kłoczowski, János M. Bak, František Šmahel, and Herwig Wolfram

Times of Upheaval

János M. Bak

The Latin-English bilingual volume presents the text of The Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague. Cosmas was born around 1045, educated in Liège, upon his return to Bohemia, he got married as well as became a priest. In 1086 he was appointed prebendary, a senior member of clergy in Prague. He completed the first book of the Chronicle in 1119, starting with the creation of the world and the earliest deeds of the Czechs up to Saint Adalbert. In the second and third books Cosmas presents the preceding century in the history of Bohemia, and succeeds in reporting about events up to 1125, the year when he died. The English translation was done by Petra Mutlova and Martyn Rady with the cooperation of Libor Švanda. The introduction and the explanatory notes were written by Jan Hasil with the cooperation of Irene van Rensvoude.

The Chronicle of the Czechs

Cosmas of Prague

Raphaela Veit

Stefan Seit

"Charisma" – dieser schillernde Begriff besitzt in der abendländischen Kultur erhebliches Gewicht, und zwar sowohl in Theologie und Frömmigkeit als auch in der politischen und sozialen Praxis. Die Bedeutung des Konzepts beschränkt sich nicht auf den Zeitraum bis zum späten Mittelalter, es wirkt vielmehr bis in die Gegenwart fort. Wissenschaftler aus Philosophie, Theologie, Geschichte, Soziologie, Politik- und Islamwissenschaft bieten Ansätze einer interdisziplinären, räume- und epochenübergreifenden Klärung und Systematisierung des Charismabegriffs und verfolgen wichtige Stationen seiner Entwicklung.

Historische, philosophische, islamwissenschaftliche, soziologische und theologische Perspektiven

Das Charisma - Funktionen und symbolische Repräsentationen

Pavlína Rychterová

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