European Expansion and the Contested Borderlands of Late Medieval Podillya, Ukraine

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-64189-030-4
Verlag: ARC Humanities Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Beyond Medieval Europe

This book focuses on a key zone within the eastern frontier of medieval Europe: Podillya in modern-day Ukraine. Vitaliy Mykhaylovskiy offers a definitive guide to the region, which experienced great cultural and religious diversity, together with a continuous influx of newcomers. This is where Christian farmers met Muslim nomads. This is where German town residents and Polish nobles met urban Armenians and Tatars serving in the military. Podillya offers a unique opportunity to see interaction of so many peoples, principalities, and cultures – the eastern frontier of Europe at its most dynamic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mykhaylovskiy, Vitaliy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1: THE LOST HISTORICAL REGION OF EUROPE

Chapter 1: The Region with a New Name in Ruthenian Lands after 1340

Chapter 2: Territory without Borders: Is It Possible?

Chapter 3: The Main Centres of Podillya in the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century

PART 2: THE PODOLIAN PRINCIPALITY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY

Chapter 4: Three Tatar Kingdoms in the Western Part of the Golden Horde in the Middle of the Fourteenth Century

Chapter 5: The Koriatovych Brothers at the Service of Casimir III the Great and Louis I of Hungary

Chapter 6: Spytek of Melsztyn: The New “Prince” from Kraków

PART 3: BETWEEN THE POLISH KINGDOM AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA: PODILLYA IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

Chapter 7: Choosing the Better Leader: Wladyslaw II Jagiello or Vytautas?

Chapter 8: The Opening of an Unknown Territory to Newcomers

Chapter 9: The Struggle for Podillya: Jagiello, Švitrigaila, the Shadow of Vytautas, and Pro-Polish Newcomers

PART 4: THE EDGE OF EUROPE IN THE EAST: THE PODOLIAN VOIVODESHIP AFTER 1434

Chapter 10: New Law, New Officials, and New People in the Region

Chapter 11: Patrons and Clients: The Formation of a Patronage System among the Podolian Nobility in the Fifteenth Century: The Buczacki Clientele Circle

Conclusion

Selected Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mykhaylovskiy, Vitaliy
Vitaliy Mykhaylovskiy specializes in the late-medieval and early-modern history of East Central Europe. He is the author of Elastic Community (Kiev, 2012)