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This volume is a unique publication as it examines the Marxist attitudes in East Central European historiography and archaeology for the first time, with an emphasis on the co-existence of Marxist and other methodologies between the 1950s and 1970s in the local historiographies in question. Its approach is to distinguish between pseudo-Marxism as an ideological tool on the one hand, and Marxism in the form of historical materialism as a way to interpret the medieval world on the other. Contributors are: Florin Curta, Piotr Guzowski, Adam Hudek, Tereza Johanidesová, Jitka Komendová, Jiří Macháček, Andrzej Marzec, Martin Nodl, Attila Pók, David Radek, Tadeusz Paweł Rutkowski, Iurie Stamati, Rafał Stobiecki, Gábor Thoroczkay, Przemysław Wiszewski, Piotr Węcowski, Martin Wihoda, and Dušan Zupka.

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Author:   Martin Nodl ,  Piotr Węcowski ,  Dušan Zupka
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   93
Weight:   0.801kg
ISBN:  

9789004689183

ISBN 10:   9004689184
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   01 May 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction  Martin Nodl, Piotr Węcowski and Dušan Zupka 2 An Introduction to Marxist Historiography in Poland  Rafał Stobiecki 3 Polish Medievalists in the Face of Stalinism (1948–1955)  Tadeusz Paweł Rutkowski 4 Hungarian Medievalists under the Spell of Marxism  Attila Pók 5 On the Genesis of Marxist Iconology: Some Observations on the Ambitious Methodological Endeavours of Czech Medieval Art History  Tereza Johanidesová 6 Marxism and the Cultural History of Medieval Rus’: The Concept of a Russian Pre-Renaissance  Jitka Komendová 7 František Graus: From Marxist Dogmas to the Concept of the Living and Dead Past  Martin Wihoda 8 Between Science and Politics, between History and Archaeology: The Department for Studies on the Origins of the Polish State (1948/1949–1953)  Piotr Węcowski 9 Medieval Knight Clans in Marxist Historiographical Criticism in the 1950s  Andrzej Marzec 10 How Did the Czech Hussites Become a Current Problem in the History of Socialist Poland?   Ewa Maleczyńska: Between Professional and Party Historian  Przemysław Wiszewski 11 Hussitism as an Early Bourgeois Revolution  Martin Nodl 12 Between Nationalism and Marxism: Silesian Princes of the Late Middle Ages through the Lens of Post-war Polish Historiography  David Radek 13 Peasants, Rents, and Money in Marxist Works on German Law-Based Colonization  Piotr Guzowski 14 Great Moravia in Slovak Marxist Historiography  Adam Hudek 15 Marxists, Pseudo-Marxists and Neo-Marxists in Czech Archaeology  Jiří Macháček 16 Marxism in Medieval Archaeology: A Woman’s Touch  Florin Curta 17 Marxist Historical Theory in the Research of the Árpádian Period in Hungary (1000–1301)  Gábor Thoroczkay 18 The Marxist Paradigm and Early Romanian Medieval Archaeology from the “Era of Great Achievements”  Iurie Stamati 19 Conclusion: Is Marxism Alive and Inspiring in Contemporary East Central European Medieval Studies?  Martin Nodl, Piotr Węcowski and Dušan Zupka Index

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Martin Nodl, Ph.D. (2011), is a research associate professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies Academy of Sciences CR, Prague. He is the author of six monographs, including Das Kuttenberger Dekret von 1409 (2017), Średniowiecze w nas (2020), and Praha 15. století. Konfliktní společenství (2023). Piotr Węcowski, Ph.D. (2004), is a professor at the University of Warsaw. He has published three monographs and many articles on medieval history and history of historiography, including The Origins of Poland in the Historical Memory of the Late Middle Ages (Cracow 2014). Dušan Zupka, Ph.D. (2009), is an associate professor at Comenius University in Bratislava. He has published monographs, journal articles and edited volumes on power, ritual and war in medieval East Central Europe, including Rulership in Medieval East Central Europe (Brill, 2021).

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