LEADER 03748oam 22005774a 450 001 9910793823303321 005 20191212125603.0 010 $a963-386-306-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000009844533 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5982503 035 $a(OCoLC)1089259372 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse72444 035 $a(DE-B1597)633407 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789633863060 035 $a(OCoLC)1338020175 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009844533 100 $a20190227d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aTimes of Upheaval$eFour Medievalists in Twentieth-Century Central Europe. Conversations with Jerzy K?oczowski, János M. Bak, Franti?ek ?mahel, and Herwig Wolfram /$fedited by Pavli?na Rychterova?, Ga?bor Klaniczay, Pawe? Kras, and Walter Pohl 210 1$aNew York :$cCentral European University Press,$d2019. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2019 210 4$d©2019. 215 $a1 online resource (390 pages) $cportraits 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a963-386-305-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroducing Jerzy K?oczowski : Jerzy K?oczowski in conversation with Pawe? Kras -- Introducing Ja?nos M. Bak : Ja?nos M. Bak in conversation with Ga?bor Klaniczay -- Introducing Frantis?ek S?mahel : Frantis?ek S?mahel in conversation with Pavli?na Rychterova? -- Introducing Herwig Wolfram : Herwig Wolfram in conversation with Walter Pohl. 330 $a"The volume unites conversations with four masters of Medieval Studies from east-central Europe: Ja?nos Bak from Hungary, Jerzy K?oczowski from Poland, Frantis?ek S?mahel from the Czech Republic, and Herwig Wolfram from Austria. The interviews made by younger colleagues revealed their engaging life stories. The four academics grew up before and during the war, under Nazi occupation, emerged as young scholars in the difficult post-war period, and, for most of their careers, worked in the shadow of the Iron Curtain, two of them spending most of their lifetimes under communist regimes. The conversations focus on ways in which open-minded young intellectuals became medieval historians under difficult circumstances, on how they experienced the long shadows of totalitarian regimes with their acute sensitivity for historical change, and how their perceptions of the world around them reflected back on their approach to medieval history. The histories of their nations were broken, most of them ceased to exist and were re-established during their lifetimes, came under foreign domination, were split, or their territories shifted - what did that mean for their identities and patriotic feelings? How can the present be reflected in the distant mirror of the medieval past? In this book, the four masters reflect about their lives sharing numerous observations, anecdotes, and experiences"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aMedievalists$zEurope, Central$vBiography 606 $aMedievalists$zEurope, Central$vInterviews 607 $aEurope, Central$xSocial conditions 607 $aEurope, Central$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aBiography, Central and Eatern Europe, Cold War, Communism, Fascism, Medieval. 615 0$aMedievalists 615 0$aMedievalists 676 $a943.7/022072022 702 $aPohl$b Walter$f1953- 702 $aKras$b Pawe? 702 $aKlaniczay$b Ga?bor 702 $aRychterova?$b Pavli?na 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793823303321 996 $aTimes of Upheaval$93755516 997 $aUNINA