Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300) (2 vols) (Brill's Companions to European History, #19)

by Florin Curta

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Winner of the 2020 Verbruggen prize


This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of scholarship on Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. The goal is to offer an overview of the current state of research and a basic route map for navigating an abundant historiography available in more than 10 different languages. The literature published in English on the medieval history of Eastern Europe-books, chapters, and articles-represents a little more than 11 percent of the historiography. The companion is therefore meant to provide an orientation into the existing literature that may not be available because of linguistic barriers and, in addition, an introductory bibliography in English.



Winner of the 2020 Verbruggen prize, awarded annually by the De Re Militari society for the best book on medieval military history. The awarding committee commented that the book 'has an enormous range, and yet is exceptionally scholarly with a fine grasp of detail. Its title points to a general history of eastern Europe, but it is dominated by military episodes which make it of the highest value to anybody writing about war and warmaking in this very neglected area of Europe.'



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  • ISBN10 9004342575
  • ISBN13 9789004342576
  • Publish Date 15 August 2019 (first published 8 July 2019)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country NL
  • Imprint Brill