The excavated foundations of a ninth-century sacral building in the northeastern suburb of Pohansko, an important centre of Great Moravia, and especially the find of the nobleman's grave H 153, has focused scholarly attention onto the nature of the Mojmirid state and the reasons behind its sudden disintegration. In this volume, a group of archaeologists, historians and a natural scientist aim to incorporate this remarkable discovery into the wider frameworks of Moravian power, society, and culture, and thereby arrive at some surprising conclusions.
Author(s): Jiří Macháček, Martin Wihoda (eds.)
Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 54
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: XVIII+254
City: Leiden
Preface vii
List of Illustrations xiii
Abbreviations xv
Notes on Contributors xvi
1. The Great Moravian Rotunda at Pohansko and an Osteobiographical Profile of Its Founder / Jiří Macháček and Vladimír Sládek 1
2. The Austrian Danube Region in the Decades Around 900 / Roman Zehetmayer 39
3. The Magyars and Their Contribution to the Collapse and Fall of Great Moravia: Allies, Neighbours, Enemies / Pavel Kouřil 62
4. The Second Life of the Mojmirid Dukes / Martin Wihoda 94
5. Graves, Churches, Culture and Texts: The Processes of Christianisation in the Early Middle Ages and Their Social and Cultural Context / David Kalhous 110
6. "Founder Tombs" in Early Medieval Carantania: A Survey / Stefan Eichert 130
7. Great Moravia, the Beginnings of Přemyslid Bohemia and the Problem of Cultural Change / Ivo Štefan 151
Conclusion: Who Was the Man Buried in Grave H153 in Pohansko and What Happened to Him and His Family at the End of Great Moravia? / Jiří Macháček 187
Bibliography 203
Index 246
