The medieval networks in East Central Europe : commerce, contacts, communication / edited by Balazs Nagy, Felicitas Schmieder, and Andras Vadas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reimagining Europe: an outsider looks at the medieval East/West divide / Christian Raffensperger -- The Carpathian-Danubian Region during the eighth and ninth centuries: a general view based on archaeological records / Sergiu Mustea�t�a -- The entry of early medieval Slavs into world history: the chronicle of Moissac / S�ebastien Rossignol -- Medieval Latin Europe connecting with the rest of the world: the East Central European link / Felicitas Schmieder -- Gregory the Great and the bishops: papal letters and the ecclesiastical integration and disintegration of East Central Europe / Daniel Syrbe -- Children in eleventh- and twelfth-century Hungary and Poland: an archaeological comparison / Florin Curta and Matthew Koval -- Technologies on the road between West and East: the spread of water mills and the christianization of East Central Europe / Andr�as Vadas -- The impact of castles on the development of the local church system in Hungary in the eleventh and twelfth centuries / M�aria Vargha -- The logic of tribute versus the logic of commerce: why did Dirhams reach East Central Europe during the tenth century? / Dariusz Adamczyk -- The importance of long-distance trade for the Slavic princes in the Early and High Middle Ages / Matthias Hardt -- The heyday and fate of an early trade center: graphite pottery in early "buda / Bence P�eterfi -- Mining, coinage, and metal export in the thirteenth century: the Czech lands and Italy in comparative perspective / Roman Zaoral -- Late medieval Gdansk as a bridge between regions: Western European, Hanseatic, and East Central European contacts / Beata Mozejko -- A Silesian town and the Hungarian monarchy: economic contacts between Wroclaw and Hungary, ca. 1250-1500 / Grzegorz Mysliwski -- Transit trade and intercontinental trade during the Late Middle Ages: textiles and spices in the customs accounts of Bra�sov and Sibiu / M�aria Pakucs-Willcocks -- Reflected in a distorted mirror: trade contacts of medieval East Central Europe in recent historiography / Bal�azs Nagy.

"Medieval Networks in East Central Europe explores the economic, cultural, and religious forms of contact between East Central Europe and the surrounding world in the eight to the fifteenth century. It is essential reading for scholars and students wishing to understand the integral role that this region played within the processes of the Global Middle Ages"-- Provided by publisher.