Opava and its Position on the Medieval Route between Moravia and Prussia According to the Archaeological Sources

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Opava and its Position on the Medieval Route between Moravia and Prussia According to the Archaeological Sources

Original language description

Moravia and Prussia have always been connected by a road, which is better known as Amber Road, named after the luxurious article, which was transported from the coast of the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean. A lot of new cities functioning as economical and political centres were formed in the Middle Ages. The city of Opava belongs to these centres. It was connected on the north-south road and important west-east road called, “Hohe Strasse”. Merchants, artisans and pilgrims formed the main groups of travellers, which used this road to travel between cities. We can identify these groups on the basis of archaeological source, and the location where the foreign material and ideological elements were found. We have compiled three thematic groups of artefacts which include utility ceramics, numismatic material, and sacral artefacts of pilgrims. It is evident, that the material culture documents transformation of medieval society in Opava in related to the north-south connection. We can see a significant breaking point of transformation of material culture in the 13th century, when the cities built on the basis of the Emphyteusis’s Law of and the stratification of medieval society started to form. Opava wasn´t one of the most important economical centres on this long-distance road, but we documented connection of burgess of Opava with such significant cities like Olomouc, Kraków, Wrocław and Toruń. Predominant influence of regional centres is evident from the regions of the findings (Olomouc, Opava, Toruń and Kraków), which probably weren’t identical with the cities market circuit.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AB - History

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

O - Projekt operacniho programu

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mesto a dejiny

ISSN

1339-0163

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Volume of the periodical

1

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

6-17

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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