Forging the Past: Facts and Myths behind the Mongol Invasion of Moravia in 1241

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F18%3A73587362" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/18:73587362 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://goldhorde.ru/en/stati2018-2-2/" target="_blank" >http://goldhorde.ru/en/stati2018-2-2/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2018-6-2.238-251" target="_blank" >10.22378/2313-6197.2018-6-2.238-251</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Forging the Past: Facts and Myths behind the Mongol Invasion of Moravia in 1241

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

There are two research objectives to this study. The first is to survey the events of the Mongol invasion of Moravia in the spring of 1241 and the second is to examine how the story changed over the following centuries. The myth surrounding the Mongol invasion lost its grounding in fact, and different versions of the story quickly arose. In this paper, I will explain when, why and how the story was changing. Since the Mongol myth became the subject of 19th century forgeries, many scholars were misled by them; as a result the forged documents are presented as trustworthy sources even by renowned contemporary scholars. Consequently, the actual events of 1241 undergo dramatic changes. The invasion – presented at times as a catastrophe – was in reality merely the brief passage of Mongol troops through Moravian territory. Later chroniclers confused this event with the Hungarian invasion of Moravia in 1253. Soon, a fictional victory at Olomouc was invented; later, an imaginary hero was added (Jaroslav of Sternberg) and the story transformed in the 2nd half of the 17th century into an account of a religious miracle, later becoming a key part of the 19th century forgeries that exaggerated the country’s glorious national past by inventing sources that had never, in reality, existed.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Forging the Past: Facts and Myths behind the Mongol Invasion of Moravia in 1241

Popis výsledku anglicky

There are two research objectives to this study. The first is to survey the events of the Mongol invasion of Moravia in the spring of 1241 and the second is to examine how the story changed over the following centuries. The myth surrounding the Mongol invasion lost its grounding in fact, and different versions of the story quickly arose. In this paper, I will explain when, why and how the story was changing. Since the Mongol myth became the subject of 19th century forgeries, many scholars were misled by them; as a result the forged documents are presented as trustworthy sources even by renowned contemporary scholars. Consequently, the actual events of 1241 undergo dramatic changes. The invasion – presented at times as a catastrophe – was in reality merely the brief passage of Mongol troops through Moravian territory. Later chroniclers confused this event with the Hungarian invasion of Moravia in 1253. Soon, a fictional victory at Olomouc was invented; later, an imaginary hero was added (Jaroslav of Sternberg) and the story transformed in the 2nd half of the 17th century into an account of a religious miracle, later becoming a key part of the 19th century forgeries that exaggerated the country’s glorious national past by inventing sources that had never, in reality, existed.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

ZOLOTOORDYNSKOE OBOZRENIE-GOLDEN HORDE REVIEW

ISSN

2308-152X

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

6

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

RU - Ruská federace

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

238-251

Kód UT WoS článku

000437785400002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

—