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    An interpretation of the Buyla inscription
    peter clings
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 8 min

    An interpretation of the Buyla inscription

    The most intriguing artifact in the Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós is the golden round tray for baptism. More on my critique of the dating...
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    Santnicolau Mare treasury tells more
    peter clings
    • Oct 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    Santnicolau Mare treasury tells more

    There is a very interesting collection at the Museum in Vienna called the Treasure of Nagyszentmiklos. It contains various objects of...
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    De Administrando Imperio mentioning name of Romanian origin
    peter clings
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    De Administrando Imperio mentioning name of Romanian origin

    There are surprisingly quite a few Romanian names in the DAI. The highest ranking person with that name was mentioned in the chapter "50....
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    Toponyms in the De Administrando Imperio familiar today
    peter clings
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Toponyms in the De Administrando Imperio familiar today

    There are quite a few toponyms that are familiar to a modern reader. In this blog post I am listing them with the source text for future...
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    Ancient traces of the title Voievode
    peter clings
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ancient traces of the title Voievode

    I am currently reading the English translation of the famous De Administrando Imperio (DAI) and I am surprised to find in it the first...
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    Archaeology in central Romania
    peter clings
    • Jul 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Archaeology in central Romania

    The former capital city of Transylvania is located somewhat in the middle of it. It is called Alba Iulia, but used to be known also as...
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    Pannonia just before the arrival of the Magyar tribes
    peter clings
    • Jun 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Pannonia just before the arrival of the Magyar tribes

    The importance of a Roman legacy of roads, and ruins in the formation of the early medieval states in Europe can be reflected also in the...
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    Nicolaus Olahus a great humanist of the 16th century
    peter clings
    • Jun 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Nicolaus Olahus a great humanist of the 16th century

    Nicolaus Olahus was born to Stefan Olahus, first cousin of Matthias Corvinus, and Borbala Hinsar in Hermanstadt (Sibiu) on January 10,...
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    Diploma of the Knights of St. John and the Mongol Invasion
    peter clings
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Diploma of the Knights of St. John and the Mongol Invasion

    The text lists for the very first time in any official Chancellery documents the Feudal organization of Southern Transylvania and...
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    peter clings
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    How could the Mongol invaders defeat the Hungarian Kingdom in one battle only in 1241?

    I have found a host of bizarre inconsistencies related to the interpretation of events pertaining to the First invasion of the ...
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    Flaws that facilitated the Mongol Invasion
    peter clings
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Flaws that facilitated the Mongol Invasion

    I believe that Andrew II of Hungary had by mistake opened two wholes in the Eastern natural defence of Transylvania that invited in the...
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    The First Mongol Invasion though Transylvania
    peter clings
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    The First Mongol Invasion though Transylvania

    There are some very interesting chronicles from the East that shed some light onto the campaigns of the two Mongol generals. That...
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    Writing in the Romanian Language the result of a pecuniary conflict
    peter clings
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 4 min

    Writing in the Romanian Language the result of a pecuniary conflict

    There has never been a greater topic in the history of the old Romanian Culture than that of the beginning of writing in that language...
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    The importance of Matthias Corvinus
    peter clings
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    The importance of Matthias Corvinus

    Matthias Corvinus was arguably the most important Monarch of the 15th century Europe. It was for his extraordinary merits that the...
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