Description
This text traces the historical background of Hungary and introduces its early history to a broader readership. The first part deals with the method and sources which can be used for elucidating the ancient history of the Hungarians, relying on research into linguistics, archaeology, anthropology and natural history. The second part traces how the Hungarians came to be in the Carpathian Basin and how they conquered the land. It constructs and examines early political and social structures, their economy and Magyar religion.
About the Author
Andras Rona-Tas is Professor of Altaic Studies and Early Hungarian History at Jozsef Attila University, Szeged and has published over 300 papers, monographs and reviews. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 1996 he received the prestigious German Science Award, the Humboldt Prize.
Reviews
"Various studies of the Hungarian scholars are hardly accessible to foreign readers because are written in Hungarian. The author summarized the results of most of them into a comprehensive reference book." - The Medieval Review
"This is a major work which synthesizes a vast range of scholarship, including the author`s own research over four decades into the ethnography of central Asian peoples and historical linguistics. Rona-Tas handles new material expertly, as he does more traditional source material." * Dalhousie Review *
"The text reads like a finely polished lecture, but it is dense with linguistic, archaeological, and historical minutiae while carefully avoiding the use of later Hungarian mythology about the origins of the Magyars or their movement west." * Choice *
"The author, whose erudition is formidable, has spent his life mastering the ancient and modern inner European languages essential for unraveling the mysteries of his subject." * Austrian History Yearbook *
"It would be hard to find another scholarly work in which so many disciplines are employed, from linguistics to archaeology, religious studies to numismatics, and so on... the digestion of a lifetime's research..." * English Historical Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9789639116481
Author Andras Rona-Tas
Format Hardback
Page Count 606
Imprint Central European University Press
Publisher Central European University Press
Weight(grams) 1015g
About the Author
Andras Rona-Tas is Professor of Altaic Studies and Early Hungarian History at Jozsef Attila University, Szeged and has published over 300 papers, monographs and reviews. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 1996 he received the prestigious German Science Award, the Humboldt Prize.
Reviews
"Various studies of the Hungarian scholars are hardly accessible to foreign readers because are written in Hungarian. The author summarized the results of most of them into a comprehensive reference book." - The Medieval Review
"This is a major work which synthesizes a vast range of scholarship, including the author`s own research over four decades into the ethnography of central Asian peoples and historical linguistics. Rona-Tas handles new material expertly, as he does more traditional source material." * Dalhousie Review *
"The text reads like a finely polished lecture, but it is dense with linguistic, archaeological, and historical minutiae while carefully avoiding the use of later Hungarian mythology about the origins of the Magyars or their movement west." * Choice *
"The author, whose erudition is formidable, has spent his life mastering the ancient and modern inner European languages essential for unraveling the mysteries of his subject." * Austrian History Yearbook *
"It would be hard to find another scholarly work in which so many disciplines are employed, from linguistics to archaeology, religious studies to numismatics, and so on... the digestion of a lifetime's research..." * English Historical Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9789639116481
Author Andras Rona-Tas
Format Hardback
Page Count 606
Imprint Central European University Press
Publisher Central European University Press
Weight(grams) 1015g
