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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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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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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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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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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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peter clings
- Jul 12, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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