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Adrian Ion Magina. B. 1977. Researcher,
Museum of the Mountainous Banate, Reşiţa.
PhD student of the “Babeş-Bolyai” University
of Cluj-Napoca, preparing a thesis on The
Reformation in the Banat during the Ottoman
Domination (16 th -17 th Centuries). His main
research areas and topics, on which he has
published several studies and documents,
are: the influence of the radical wing of the
Reformation in the Banat(e); the Romanian
nobility from the Banat area (1400’-1600’),
as well as the Serbian medieval and early
modern Church. His researches are based
on informations extracted from the archives
and libraries in Budapest, Esztergom and
Vienna. More recently he has turned towards
the study of local Romanian institutions from
the late medieval area of the Banat.
E- mail Address: adimagina@gmail.com
Dr. Ernő Marosi G. 1940. Vizepräsident der
Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Ehemaliger Direktor des Instituts für Kunstge
schichte der Ungarischen Akademie der Wis
senschaften Budapest. Universitätsprofessor
an der „Eötvös Loránd“ Universität, Budapest.
Ehemaliger Herderstipendiant (Wien), Fellow
in Berlin und Washington. Leiter drei wichtiger
Mittalterausstellungen des Instituts für Kunst
geschichte (in Budapest): Steinskulpturen der
Arpadenzeit (1978), König Ludwig I. von Anjou
(1982), und König Sigismund von Luxemburg
(1987). Fachgebiet: die spätgotische Baukunst
(mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Bezieh
ung zwischen Kunst und Realität der Kunst im
14.-15. Jahrhundert). Autor und Verfasser von
mehreren Büchern, Sammelbänden, Austellungskatalogen und Studien die
sich mit der spätmittelalterlichen Kunst des Ungarischen Königreichs befassen.
E-mail Adresse: marosi@office.mta.hu
Szabolcs Marton. B. 1978. University
of Szeged. He defended his PhD thesis
at the University of Szeged in 2007 and
now he is unemployed. His main topics
and research themes focus on the every
day life in medieval and early modern
Europe, in particular in Hungary. Special
attention was given to the wine and
alcohol culture in the investigated time
spans. On the other hand, other studies
have been devoted to the question of
medieval Hungarian sources. Co-editor
of Medievisztikai tanulmányok [Medieval
Studies], IV (2005) and author of Az italok
és az italozás története jegyzet [Notes
on the History of Drinking] (2006 2 ), an
abridged version of his PhD thesis.
E-mail Address: szabolcsmarton@tvnetwork.hu
Gianluca Masi. N. 1965. Dottorando,
Università di Firenze. Professore, Liceo
Scientifico “G. Castelnuovo” (Firenze).
Interessi: filologia greca e latina (edizione
delle opere di G. Crisostomo - per cui ho
sviluppato una buona conoscenza anche
dell’armeno classico; uso delle fonti anti
che nel Petrarca e in epoca umanistica),
storia dei seccoli XV-XVII (soprattutto i
rapporti fra Stati italiani, Europa orientale,
Impero ottomano). Co-editore dei volumi:
L’Italia e l’Europa Centro–Orientale attra
verso i secoli. Miscellanea di studi di storia
politico-diplomatica, economica e dei rap
porti culturali (2004); L’Europa Centro–
Orientale e la Penisola italiana: quattro
secoli di rapporti e influssi intercorsi tra
Stati e civiltà (1300-1700) (2007). Ha
presentato i risultati delle sue ricerche
anche sui fonti inediti riguardanti i Paesi
Romeni del 500, a convegni organizzati in Inghilterra, Italia e Spagna.
Indirizio mail: Pierluigi.Masi@tin.it
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Loránd Mádly. B. 1978. Researcher.
Romanian Academy, “George Bariţ”
Institute of History, Cluj-Napoca. PhD
student at the “Babeş-Bolyai” University
(Cluj-Napoca) with a thesis on Relaţiile
saşilor ardeleni cu autorităţile austriece
în deceniul neoabsolutist [Relations be
tween the Transylvanian Saxons and
the Austrian Authorities in the Decade
of Neo-Absolutism]. Research topics and
projects: the history of the Transylvanian
Saxons in the Modern and Early Modern
Age; the German historiography from Transylvania; the Transylvanian law
system and custumary law (as a former student and graduate of the Faculty of
Law of the “Babeş-Bolyai” University); the history and art of the castle of Lucani
(Aranyosgerend). Author of several studies devoted to these themes. Editor
of documents (e.g. Vierhundertfünfzehn Tage in Wien. Das Tagebuch der
siebenbürgisch-sächsischen Nationaldeputation (1850-1851), 2007).
E-mail Address: lmadly78@yahoo.de.
Daniela Monica Mitea. B. 1980. PhD Stu
dent, “Babeş-Bolyai” University (Cluj-
Napoca), with a thesis on the Relations
between Transylvania and Hungary and
the Romanian Countries (1438-1541),
on the basis of archive material, edited
information and modern historiography.
Her studies (eg. ‘Relaţiile Transilvaniei cu
Ţara Românească, reflectate în Socotelile
Sibiului (anul 1507 şi începutul lui 1508)’
[The Relations between Transylvania and
Walachia in the Account Books of Sibiu
(Hermannstadt, Szeben). 1507-1508], in
Transilvania (secolele XIII-XVII). Studii
istorice [Transylvania (13 th -17 th Centuries).
Historical Studies] (2005), although are
based primarily on an positivistic and do
cumentary approach, emphasize also the
human dimensions of these peculiar chapters in the history of the relations
between the south-eastern parts of the Hungarian realm and the Walachias.
E-mail Address: danymitea@yahoo.com
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Dr. Ekaterini Mitsiou. G. 1973. Werkvertragmit
arbeiterin des Instituts für Byzanzforschung der
Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaten,
Wien. Stipendiantin der Stiftung „A.S. Onassis“
(2002-2005). Gewärtiges Projekt: Edition des
Patriarchatsregisters von Konstantinopel, Band
V. Doktoratstudium an der Universität Wien, Insti
tut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik (Abschluss
mit Auszeichnung): Untersuchungen zu Wirtschaft
und Ideologie im Nizänischen Reich (2001-
2006). Autorin mehrer Studien (z.B. Byzanz im
Spätmittelalter. Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. In:
Mediterraner Kolonialismus. Expansion und
Kulturaustausch im Mittelalter. 2005; Versorgungs
modelle im Νikäischen Kaiserreich. In: Handels
güter und Verkehrswege. Aspekte der Warenversorgung im östlichen Mittelmeer
raum (4.–15. Jahrhundert). 2007; Ideology and economy in the politics of John III
Vatatzes (1222-1254). In: Change in the Byzantine World in the Twelfth and
Thirteenth Centuries. 2007) über die lezten Jahrhundente von Byzanz.
E-mail Adresse: Ekaterini.Mitsiou@oeaw.ac.at
Dr. Dan Ioan Mureşan. N. 1974. Chercheur à
l’École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales.
Boursier Hermès de la Maison des Sciences de
l’Homme (Paris). Ancien boursier Vasile Pârvan de
l’Académie Roumaine (Rome, 2004-2006). Membre
du Comité Français des Études Byzantines (Paris).
Spécialiste en histoire byzantine médiévale et en
l’histoire de la croisade tardive (XIV e -XVI e siècles).
Principaux domaines de recherche: l’histoire du
Patriarcat œcuménique de Constantinople,
l’histoire du Patriarcat latin de Constantinople, le
Concile de Florence et la croisade tardive et la politique orientale de la
France au XVI e siècle et la «redécouverte» de l’Europe de l’Est. Auteur des
nombreuses études sur l’histoire ecclésiastique byzantine et roumaine (dont:
notamment: «Avant Nicopolis: la campagne de 1395 pour le contrôle du Bas
Danube», RIHM, LXXXIII, 2003; «Girolamo Lando, titulaire du Patriarcat de
Constantinople (1474-1497), et son rôle dans la politique orientale du Saint-
Siège», AIRCRU, VII, 2007), co-éditeur du volume du colloque. Le Patriarcat
de Constantinople aux XIV e -XVI e siècles: rupture et continuité, Paris (2007).
Mél: danioanmuresan@yahoo.com/ danioanmuresan@gmail.com
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Dr. Ovidiu Mureşan. B. 1951. Asso
ciate Professor, “Babeş-Bolyai” Univer
sity. Professor Mureşan is the author
of several studies and books (e.g.
Renaşterea europeană în viziunea
istoriografiei româneşti [The European
Renaissance in the Romanian Historio
graphy] (1997); Umanism, Renaştere şi
Papalitate în secolul al XV-lea [Huma
nism, Renaissance and Papacy in the
1400’] (2005). Research topics: the
cultural history of East-Central Europe
in the Middle Ages; Humanism and
politics in the 15 th century (with special
emphasis on the personality of Aeneas
Silvio Piccolomini); the history of the
Later Crusades: the early prints of Central Europe and their social context; the
German and Romanian historiographies of the 20 th century. Co-editor of the
new series of Mélanges d’Histoire Génerale, (Cluj-Napoca 2007-)
E-mail Address: muresanu@lycos.com
Dr. Camil Mureşanu. N. 1927. Membre de
l’Académie Roumaine. Ancien doyen de la
Faculté d’Histoire de l’Université «Babeş-
Bolyai» de Cluj Napoca (1968-1970, 1980-
1988), directeur de l’Institute d’Histoire
«George Bariţ» de l’Académie Roumaine,
Cluj-Napoca (1995-2007). Spécialiste en
histoire médiévale et moderne universelle,
auteur des plusieurs livres et plus d’une
centaine des études, dont plus récemment
Naţiune, naţionalism, evoluţia naţionalităţilor
[Nation, nationalisme, l’évolution des natio
nalités], Cluj-Napoca (1996); John Hunyadi.
Defender of Christendom, Oxford-Portland
Iaşi (2001); În templul lui Janus [Dans le temple de Janus], Cluj-Napoca (2002).
Le professeur a enseigné aux universités et fait des recherches d’archives en
Angleterre, France, aux Pays Bas et aux États-Unis. Il est aussi doctor honoris
causa des universités d’Oradea (1999) et de Timişoara (2002) et, dépuis 2002,
membre de Süd-Ost Europa Gesellschaft (Munich-Berlin).
Adresse: Potaissa, 8, ap. 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400090 (Roumanie).
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Emőke Nagy. B. 1978. PhD Student,
“Babeş-BolyaI’ University (Cluj-Napoca),
joint-PhD with the “Eötvös Lóránd” Uni
versity (Budapest). Topic: Motherhood
and Sanctity. The Cult of Saint Anne in
Medieval Hungary (14 th -16 th Centuries).
MA, with a thesis on: The Human Trinity
and Christ’s Human Genealogy in Late
Medieval Hungary. Saint Anne’s Iconogra
phy and textual sources, defended at the
Central European University (Budapest),
in 2007. Author of several studies and
articles devoted to the medieval cult of
Saint Anne and, in general, to late medie
val and early-modern artistic representta
tions of popular and noble devotion. Her
works are based on resarches made in
Hungarian, Italian and Transylvanian chur
ches, as well as in the archives and libra
ries, namely in Budapest and Pisa, .
E-mail Address: nagyemok@yahoo.com
Gizella Nemeth. N. 1952. Ricercatore presso
l’Istituto Italoungherese “Pier Paolo Vergerio”
di Venezia. condirettore della Collana di Studi
e Documenti Italia-Ungheria delle Edizioni
della Laguna di Mariano del Friuli (Gorizia) e
della Collana di Studi e Documenti Civiltà
della Mitteleuropa» dell’Associazione
Vergerio. È stata dichiarata cultore di Lingua
e letteratura ungherese dalla Facoltà di
Lingue dell’Uni versità di Udine. Si è
occupata in genere di temi riguardanti le
relazioni storico-culturali italoungheresi. In
particolare, si è occupata di temi di storia
medievale e moderna. Autrice di circa 70
pubblicazioni, di cui 4 monografie in volume,
6 curatele di atti di convegni, 3 volumi di
annuari
Indirizio mail: gizinem@libero.it

Anca Niţoi. B. 1977. Brukenthal Museum
of Sibiu, curator of the Arms and Armour col
lection. PhD student at the “Lucian Blaga”
University of Sibiu, with a thesis on The evo
lution of Transylvanian Weaponry of the 15 th
and 16 th Centuries and its Reflection on Sou
thern Transylvanian panel paintings. MA in
Medieval Studies at the Central European
University, Budapest (2004). Erasmus fellow
at the Institut für Ur und Frühgeschichte und
Archäologie des Mittelalters of the “Karl
Ebehald” University, Tübingen (2007). Author
of several studies and articles on late me
dieval weaponry and paintings. Involved in
several archaeological researches in the sou
thern part of Transylvania. The main goal of
her researches is to analyze the evolution of medieval weaponry, taking
into consideration the several collections housed by Transylvanian museums.
E-mail Address: ank212001@yahoo.com
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Dr. Şerban Papacostea. N. 1928. Membre
correspondant de l’Académie Roumaine et
ancien directeur de l’Institute d’Histoire
«Nicolae Iorga» de l’Académie Roumaine,
Bucarest (1990-2001). Il est co-éditeur de la
revue Il Mar Nero (Rome-Paris). Membre de
l’Académie Ligure des Sciences et Lettres
de Gênes. Auteur des nombreux études et
livres (dont: Between the Crusade and the
Mongol Empire. The Romanians in the 13 th
Century, 1998; La Mer Noire: carrefour des
grandes routes intercontinentales 1204-
1453), 2006). sur l’histoire de la Mer Noire
et de l’Europe Centre-Orientale au XIII e -
XVI e siècles. Le professeur a enseigné aux universités et fait des recherches
d’archive en Allemagne, Italie, notamment à Gênes et Venise, et en Pologne,
de meme qu’en Roumanie, où il est aussi doctor honoris causa des universités.
Mél: spap@b.astral.ro
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Dr. Adriano Papo. N. 1948. Professore
presso l’Università degli Studi di Udine,
Vicepresidente dell’associazione culturale
Sodalitas adriatico-danubiana. Fa parte
del Consiglio direttivo dell’Associazione
Italiana Studi di Storia dell’Europa Centrale
e Orientale. Adriano Papo ha promosso e
organizzato importanti convegni di studi
internazionali, curandone la pubblicazione
degli atti, ma anche mostre d’arte e con
certi. Collabora con numerose riviste, istitu
zioni, associazioni culturali italiane ed es
tere. Ha tenuto lezioni e conferenze, parte
cipato a convegni, coordinato tavole roton
de È stato dichiarato cultore di Lingua e
letteratura ungherese dalla Facoltà di
Lingue dell’Università di Udine. Autore et coautore di circa 90 pubblicazioni, di
cui 4 monografie in volume (tramite: Ludovico Gritti. Un principe-mercante del
Rinascimento tra Venezia, i Turchi e la Corona d’Ungheria, 2002; Pippo Spano.
Un eroe antiturco antesignano del Rinascimento, 2006), 6 curatele di atti di
convegni, 3 volumi di annuari, riguardanti in genere le relazioni italo-ungheresi.
Indirizio mail: apgn@libero.it
Tamás Pálosfalvi. B. 1970. Researcher,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Insti
tute of History, Budapest. Author of the book
Nikápoly tól Mohácsig 1396-1526 [From
Nicopolis to Mohács] (2005). His studies
and archive based researches focus name
ly on the mid 1400’, on the period between
the reigns of Sigismund and of Matthias
(Mátyás, Matia) Corvinus. His interests
cover also the late 1300’, mainly in terms
of military topics. Other studies were devo
ted to questions of social history and rise in
the Middle Ages, with particular emphasis
on the relation between the royal court
and the nobility. He has also translated
several major works such as Pál Engel’s history of the Hungarian realm or
Peter Brown’s study on the genesis of European Christendom.
E-mail Address: vajdaeszti@freemail.hu
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Dr. Zrinka Pešorda Vardić. B. 1974. Research
Assistant. Croatian Academy of Sciences and
Arts, Institute of Historical and Social Resear
ches, Zagreb. Currently, working on the project
Croatian Medieval City: social structures, topo
graphy and urban life”. Her primary research
interest is late medieval - Renaissance Ragusa
(Dubrovnik), especially the history of its social
structures, political and religious life. Another
research topic is the relation between the King
dom of Hungary and the Republic of Dubrovnik
(in particular during the reign of Sigismund of
Luxemburg). Author of several studies that
discuss these topics, such as ‘The Crown, the King and the City: Dubrovnik,
Hugary and the dynastic controversy, 1382-1390’, Dubrovnik Annals, X (2006).
She was co-editor and translator of Filip de Diversis, Dubrovački govori u
slavu ugarskih kraljeva Sigismunda i Alberta [Orations in Honor of the
Hungarian Kings Sigismund and Albert delivered in Dubrovnik] (2001).
E-mail Address: zrinka.pesorda@zg.t-com.hr
Dr. István Petrovics. B. 1953. Associate Pro
fessor. University of Szeged. Dr. Petrovics gra
duated from the University of Szeged in 1977.
Since then he has been working at his Alma
mater, first at the Department of Historical Au
xiliary Sciences, from 1984 on, at the Depart
ment of Medieval and Early Modern Hungarian
History. Dr. Petrovics earned his doctor’s title
and his PhD degree from the same University
of Szeged. His special field of research is
medieval Hungarian and European social and
urban history, but his research interests also
include medieval church, legal and military
history, in particular in the area between the
rivers Danube, Tisza (Tisa) and Maros (Mureş). Dr. Petrovics was involved
in several national research programs, the most important of which was the
publication of a medieval Hungarian historical lexicon (Korai magyar
történeti lexikon, of 1994), and also in various Tempus JEPs and Socrates/
Erasmus programmes. He has published three books and more than 30
studies, a significant part of them were written in English.
E-mail Address: petrovic@hist.u-szeged.hu
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Dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop. N. 1955. Professore
ordinario di Storia medievale e storio
grafia presso la Facoltà di Storia dell’Uni
versità “Babeş-Bolyai” di Cluj-Napoca.
Membro corrispondente dell’Accademia
Romena (2001-). Nel 1989 ha conseguito
il dottorato in storia con una tesi sulle
istituzioni romene della Transilvania fra
Trecento e Cinquecento, per la quale ha
vinto, nel 1991, il Premio “George Bariţ”
dell’Accademia Romena. Ha insegnato
come Visiting Professor presso l’Univer
sità di Pittsburgh (1991-1992). È stato
direttore del Centro Culturale Romeno
di New York (1994-1995) e direttore dell’
Istituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Uma
nistica di Venezia (2003-2007). Attual
mente (dal 1993) è direttore del Centro
di Studi sulla Transilvania di Cluj. Ha scritto numerosi volumi d’autore e studi, su
temi concernenti la storia delle istituzioni medievali, la storia della Transilvania, la
formazione delle nazioni, le fonti latine medievali, la storia della storiografia.
Indirizio mail: i_a_pop@yahoo.com
Dr. Cosmin Popa-Gorjanu. B. 1974. Lecturer,
“1 st of December” University, Alba-Iulia. I have
collected several diplomas from various univer
sities. I have a BA in History-Archeology from
the University “1 st of December” of Alba Iulia
(1997), a MA in Medieval Studies from the
“Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj (1998), a MA in
Medieval Studies, from the Central European
University of Budapest (1999), and, finally, a
PhD earned at the same Central European Uni
versity (2004). I am currently teaching medieval
history at the University of Alba Iulia. I have
mainly been interested in researching various
aspects of the history of nobility of Hungary
and have written several papers on topics of social history. I plan to publish
very soon my PhD thesis into a book. My future plans include comparative
in vestigations of various nobilities of medieval Europe.
E-mail Address: pgcosmin@yahoo.com
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Dr. Mihailo Popović. G. 1978. Junior
Scientist, Österreichische Akademie der Wis
senschaften, Institut für Byzanzforschung,
Wien. Tätig in der Abteilung Historische Geo
graphie und Denkmalkunde mit dem Ziel,
eine historisch-geographische Monographie
über Makedonien (nördlicher Teil) für die
Reihe Tabula Imperii Byzantini (TIB 16) zu
verfassen. Doktorarbeit: Mara Branković –
Leben und Wirken einer Frau an der kultu
rellen Schnittstelle zwischen Serben, Byzan
tinern und Osmanen (2005). Die Diplom
arbeit (2000), Die Reiseliteratur des 14. bis
16. Jahrhunderts als Quelle zur Via Traiana
und zu den an ihr lebenden Völkern, wurde,
2006, gedruckt. Verfasser mehrer Studien
zur Geschichte der süd-ost europäischen
Gesellschaft im Spätmittelalter, vor und in der Osmanenzeit.
E-mail Adresse: Mihailo.Popovic@oeaw.ac.at
Dr. Johannes Preiser-Kapeller. G. 1977.
Junior Scientist, Österreichische Akademie
der Wissenschaften, Institut für Byzanzfor
schung, Wien. Mitarbeit an der Neuherausga
be des ersten Bandes der Regesten der byzan
tinischen Kaiserurkunden von Franz Dölger
(Zeitraum 565-867) und an der Edition des
Patriarchatsregisters von Konstantinopel,
Band V. Doktorarbeit (mit Auszeichnung):
Studien zu den Metropoliten und Bischöfen
des Patriarchats von Konstantinopel in der
Palaiologenzeit (1258-1453) (2006). Verfas
ser mehrer Studien die die kirchliche, wirt
schaftliche und politische Geschichte des
Byzantinischen Reiches betreffen. Gegen
wärtige Forschungsthemas: Überlegungen zum byzantinisch-sasanidischen
Frieden von 591. Ideologische Ansprüche und Realpolitik; Überlegungen zu den
Faktoren des Aufstiegs zur Bischofswürde in der Palaiologenzeit; Untersuchun
gen zu den byzantinisch-armenischen Beziehungen vom 6. bis zum 9. Jh.
aufgrund der Neubearbeitung der Dölger´schen Regesten der Kaiserurkunden.
E-mail Adresse: Johannes.Preiser-Kapeller@oeaw.ac.at
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Dr. Constantin Rezachevici. N. 1943.
Rechercheur à l’Institut «Nicolae Iorga» de
Bucarest, de l’Académie Roumaine. Viceprésident
de la Société de Héraldique et
Généalogie de l’Académie Roumaine.
Membre des comités inter-académique
(Roumanie-Pologne, Roumanie-Ukraine).
Il este l’auteur de plus des 300 livres et
études, traitent de l’histoire européenne et
roumaine (XIV e -XVII e siècles), dont la
Cronologia critică a domnilor români [La
chronologie critique des princes roumains],
I (2000). Il est aussi l’éditeur de la Cronica
Moldovei de la Cracovia [La Chronique de
la Moldavie de Cracovie] (2006). Intérêts
et sujets scientifiques, sur lesquels il enseigne aussi à l’Université de
Bucarest: l’histoire politique, diplomatique et culturelle de l’Europe Centrale et
des Pays Roumains du XIV e au XVII e siècle.
Adresse: Şoseaua Giurgiului, 122, Bl. 5, sc. 7, ap. 201, Bucarest, 75314
Dr. Vasile Rus. N. 1955. Lecturer.
“Babeş-Bolya” University. Researcher
at the “George Bariţ” Institute of History
(Cluj-Napoca) of the Romanian Aca
demy. Specialist in ancient Greek, an
cient and medieval Latin and medieval
and early modern Italian cultures. Editor
of documents for the series Documenta
Romaniae Historica, C, Transilvania, of
the Romanian Academy. He defended
his PhD thesis on the Jeusite Missions
in Transylvania, Banat and the Partium
(1579-1715). Elements of Cultural Spiri
tuality, in 2003. He has done several
researches in the archives and libraries
of Athenes, Bratislava, Bruxelles, Budapest, Geneva, Rome or Venice. Author of
studies and books on the Latin Church History in Hungary and Transylvania in
the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age. Since 2000, he has started editing
and translating the complete works of Plotin, as well as the work on Glossarium
Mediae Latinitatis Actorum Historiam Transylvaniae Illustrantium.
Indirizio mail: basilrus2003@yahoo.
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Dr. Enikő Rüsz-Fogarasi. B. 1966. As
sociate Professor, “Babeş-Bolyai” Univer
sity, Cluj-Napoca. She defended her PhD
thesis on the Privileges and Duties of the
Urban Settlements of Medieval Transyl
vania in 1999 (the thesis was published in
2003). In 2005, professor Rusz organized
in Cluj-Napoca an international conference
devoted to the City in the Middle Ages.
She is the author and editor of studies and
collections of documents regarding the
medieval cities and towns of Transylvania.
Main research topics: County nobility in
the medieval Voivodate of Transylvania,
medieval Transylvanian welfare and “social
care”; women in the medieval and early
modern history of Transylvania.
E-mail Address: enikorf@gmail.com
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Dr. Tudor Sălăgean. B. 1968. Researcher,
National Museum for the History of Transyl
vania (Cluj-Napoca). Specialist in the history
of medieval Transylvanian institutions and of
ficial expert for the preservation of the Transyl
vanian cultural heritage. Author of several
books (for instance: Transilvania în a doua
jumătate a secolului al XIII-lea. Afirmarea
regimului congregaţional [Transylvania in the
Second Half of the 13 th Century: The Rise of
the Orders], 2003), studies and articles de
voted to medieval Transylvania (9 th -14 th cen
turies), based on extensive researches in the
libraries and archives of Budapest and Rome.
His latest work (Ţara lui Gelou. Contribuţii la
istoria Transilvaniei de nord în secolele IX-XI [The Land of Gelou. Contribu
tions to the History of Northern Transylvania in the 9 th -10 th Centuries], published
in 2007, puts a new perspective on the history of Transylvania, as well as one
the history of early Romanian-Hungarian relations.
E-mail Address: tsalagean@yahoo.com,
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Dr. Ferenc Sebök. B. 1963. Associate Pro
fessor, University of Szeged. He obtained
the title of doctor universitatis in 1993 with a
thesis on the historiography regarding
medieval Hungarian history. He defended
his PhD thesis in 2005. The topic was a
source publication on the history of the
Anjou age (1301-1387). The researches of
dr. Sebők focus on the medieval history of
Hungary and Europe. So far, he has pu
blished several studies on late medieval
political, military history and historiography.
Lately dr. Sebök has been involved in the
editing of the documents of the Anjou age
(Anjou-kori oklevéltár), in a series, that aims
to publish, in the form of abstracts, all the documents related to the history
of the Kingdom of Hungary between the years 1301 and 1387.
E-mail Address: sebokf@hist.u-szeged.hu
Alexandru Simon. B. 1979. PhD Student.
“Babeş-Bolyai” University (Cluj-Napoca)
with a thesis on East-Central Europe and
the Concept of Gate of Christendom (1456-
1526). Author of books (lately: Ştefan cel
Mare şi Matia Corvin. O coexistenţă medie
vală [Stephen III the Great and Matthias
Corvinus: A Medieval Coexistence], 2006)
and studies on East-Central Europe in the
late Middle Ages, on the Walachias and the
Romanians of the Hungarian realm. Most
of his works are based on the archive and
library material in Budapest, Genoa, Milan,
Rome, Venice or Vienna. He was awarded
scholarships by the universities of Geneva
(2004), Vienna, together with the Romanian
Academy (2007) and Paris IV (2000-2001).
Main research topics: the Later Crusades, “medieval geopolitics”, the Romanian
communities and elites of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, the political history
of Walachia and Moldavia (14 th -16 th centuries), as well as modern nationalism
and its impact on (early) modern and also medieval societies and histories.
E-mail Address: alexandrusimon2003@yahoo.com / @gmail.com
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Zsolt Simon. B. 1975; Research Fellow.
Romanian Academy, “Gheorghe Şincai”
Institute of Socio-Humanistic Research,
Târgu Mureş. He has studied medieval
history at the “Babeş-Bolyai” University of
Cluj-Napoca and at the Central European
and “Eötvös Loránd” Universities of Buda
pest and received in the 2006 the debut
prize of the Society of the Transylvanian
Museum. Author of several studies that
focus on the economic, fiscal, urban and
administrative history of Transylvania in
the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern
Age, on the documents regarding the history of Târgu Mureş (Marosvásárhély,
Neumarkt). He also involved in other research projects, one regarding the
academic studies of the Transylvanians (between the years 1867 and 1918)
and another one, entitled Transylvanian biographical lexicon.
E-mail Address: simonzsolti@yahoo.com
Dr. Sorin Şipoş. B. 1969. Associate Pro
fessor. University of Oradea. He teaches
medieval Romanian history, the history
of Transylvania, regional anthropology,
by means of early modern and modern
travel accounts and reports. Author and
(co-) editor of 8 books and volumes and
some 80 studies (e.g. Antoine Françoise
Le Clerc, Memoriu topografic si statistic
asupra Basarabiei, Valahiei si Moldovei,
provincii ale Turciei din Europa [Topogra
phic and Statistic Memoire on Basarabia,
Walahia and Moldavia, European Provin
ces of Turkey], 2004; or Silviu Dragmoir-
Istoric [Silviu-Dragomir: Historian], 2002, or more recently De la „Mica la Marea
Europă“ Mărturii franceze de la sfârşitul secolului al XVIII-lea şi începutul
secolului al XIX-lea despre frontiera răsăriteană a Europei. Studii şi documente
[From “Little to Great Europe”. French Testimonies from the End of the 18 th
Century and the Beginning of the 19 th Century on Europe’s Eastern Border:
Studies and Documents], 2006). Editor and member of the editorial boards
of the reviews Crisana antiqua et mediaevalia and Eurolimes of Oradea.
E-mail Address: ssipos@uoradea.ro
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Dr. Renáta Skorka. G. 1978. Wissen
schaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Institut für Ge
schichte der Ungarischen Akademie der
Wissenschaften. Doktorandin an der
„Eötvös Loránd“ Universität, Budapest.
Wissenschaftliche Forschungsbereiche:
Mittelalterliche Stadt- und Wirtschafts
geschichte; die mittelalterlichen deutsch
sprachigen Quellen. Autorin mehrer Stu
dien, die, unter andern Themen, auch die
Frage der Medizin in der Zeit Sigismunds
behandeln (Medicina aetatis Sigismundi
regis. In: Studia Caroliensia, I, (2000), 1).
Weitere Beiträge und Arbeiten, für die wissenschaftliche Gemeinschaft oder für
ein breiteres Publikum geschrieben, behandeln Fragen der mittelaterlichen
Chroniken und „Memoiren“ oder die städtische Bevölkerung im Mittelalter.
E-mail Adresse: skorka.renata@gmail.com
Dr. Florin Soporan. N. 1977. Re
Searcher. “Babeş-Bolyai” University
(Cluj-Napoca). He has successfully
defended a PhD thesis on Naţiunea
Medievală în Europa Centrală şi de
Răsărit (secolele XIII-XVI) [The Me
dieval Nation in East-Central Europe
(13 th -16 th Centuries), in 2006, as the
first visually challenged Romanian
graduate to receieve the doctor’s
title. The thesis will be printing at the
beginning of 2008. Dr. Soporan, “un
officially” unemployed, is the author
of several studies devoted to the
question of medieval national ideo
logies in East-Central Europe as
well as to the matters of the rise of
the House of Habsburg to power
at the borders of Christendom. His
other research topics are: the late
medieval and early modern Romanian historiography (the figure of Dimitrie
Cantemir in particular), world economics and their impact on modern society.
E-mail Address: florian_d@clicknet.ro
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Dr. Szilárd Süttő. G. 1964. Privatdozent, Uni
versität von Miskolc. In den Jahren 1992–
1993 studierte er mit einem DAAD-Stipendium
an der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, und
im Münchner Südost Institut. 2005 arbeitete
er in Wien, im Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv
mit dem Stipendium des Wiener Collegium
Hungaricum. Er hat die Promotion 2001 mit
der Dissertation Ungarns politische Geschich
te zwischen 1382–1387 (mit einer politischgeschichtlichen
Urkundensammlung) erwor
ben. Dr. Süttő beschäftigt sich in erster Reihe
mit Ungarns Politik-, Gesellschafts-, Kirchen-
und Militärgeschichte unter den Anjou-Köni
gen sowie Sigismund von Luxemburg. Den
Regierungswechsel nach dem Tode König Ludwigs (Lajos) des Grossen hat er
in einer selbständigen Monographie und in mehreren Aufsätzen bzw. Vorträgen
erörtert. Ein anderes Forschungsthema ist die mittelalterliche Geistesgesichte.
E-mail Adresse: suttszil@freemail.hu
Dr. György Székely. G. 1924. Universitäts
professor, emeritiert. „Eötvös Loránd“ Universi
tät. Er studierte (1942-1946) an der Rechtswis
senschaftlichenlichen Fakulät der Universität
„Peter Pázmány“, Budapest. Er wurde durch
die wissenschaftliche Richtung des Professors
Ferenc Eckhart so beeinflusst, dass er im Semi
nar für Konstitutions- und Rechtsgeschichte
arbeitete und seine Doktorarbeit über das „III.
Gesetzbuch“ des Hl. Ladislaus (László). Er stu
dierte dabei an der Philosophischen Fakulät
Soziologie, Urkundenlehre und Geschichte der
Philosophie. Seit 1948, unterrichtet er an der
Philosophischen Fakulät mittelalterliche ungari
sche und allgemeine Geschichte. Er war Mittarbeiter des Historischen Instituts
der Akademie der Wissenschaften (1949-1953) und Generaldirektor des Haupt
städtischen Museums für Geschichte (1982-1987). Forschungsrichtungen: die
Stadtgeschichte und Universitätsgeschichte Ungarns und Europas, Geschichte
der ungarischen, mitteleuropäischen Bauernaufstände und vorreformatorischen
Bewegungen, die byzantinischen und osmanischen Beziehungen Ungarns.
E-mail Adresse: kkmtt@ludens.elte.hu
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Dr. Dumitru Ţeicu. B. 1955.
Senior Researcher. Museum
of the Mountainous Banate,
Reşiţa, director (since 1990).
In 2004, the printed version of
his PhD thesis of 1997, The
Montaineous Banat in the Mid
dle Age, received the award
of the Romanian Academy.
Editor-in-chief of the Banatica
revue (since 1990), member
of the editorial board of the
revue Arheologia medievală
[Medieval Archaeology] (since
1996). His researches have
focused, over the last three decades, on archaeological excavations (e.g. Ilidia,
Gornea, Moldova Nouă, Berzovia, Obreja, Cârneca). Dr. Ţeicu’s primary objective
was the early and late medieval habitat, namely the villages (11 th -16 th centuries).
Lately, his excavations and studies concentrated on the ecclesiastical heritage
of the Banate, which led to a Ecclesiastical Geography of the Banate in 2004.
E-mail Address: Muzeul Banatului Montan, B-dul Republicii, 10, Reşiţa.
Dr. Ioan-Marian Ţiplic. B. 1972.
Lecturer. “Lucian Blaga” University
(Sibiu), Head of the Medieval De
partment of the Faculty of History
and Patrimony. Author of several
books (Organizarea defensivă a
Transilvaniei în evul mediu (secole
le X-XIV) [The Defensive Structure
of Medieval Transylvania (10 th -14 th
Centuries)] or Fortified Churches of
Transylvanian Saxons, both 2006),
studies and lectures devoted to the
medieval Transylvanian system of
fortifications, and medieval Transylvanian weaponry (e.g. Breslele producătorilor
de arme din Sibiu, Braşov şi Cluj (sec. XIV-XVI) [The Guilds of the Weapons
Manufacturers of Sibiu (Hermannstadt, Szeben), Braşov (Kronstadt, Brassó) and
Cluj (Klausenburg, Kolozsvár). 14 th -16 th Centuries], 2001).Dr. Ţiplic has also been
involved in several archaeological excavations in southern Transylvania.
E-mail Address: ioan-marian.tiplic@ulbsibiu.ro
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Dr. Norbert C. Tóth. B. 1974.
Research Fellow, Hungarian
National Archives, Budapest.
Since 1997, member of the re
search group of the Hungarian
National Archives for the study
and edition of the Archives of
Sigismund’s Age. Since 2007,
member of the research group
Hungarian Medieval Studies
(joint project of the Hungarian
National Archives of Budapest
and the University of Szeged.
Main research topics: the age of Sigismund Luxemburg, namely the edition of
the sources from that period; government in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
Co-author of Itineraria regum et reginarum (1382-1438) (2005), editor of the
Ugocsa megye hatóságának oklevelei (1290–1526) [The Documents of the
Authorities of the Ugocsa County (1290-1526)] (2006) and author of several
studies on Hungarian society and politics in the Middle Ages, the documents of
that time (such as the unedited Arpadian documents in the Sigismund archive).
E-mail Address: toth.norbert@mol.gov.hu
Szidonia Weisz. B. 1983, MA Student, Cen
tral European University (Budapest). 2006
Fellow of the Center of Resources for
Ethnic Diversity (Bucharest). Former student
of the universities of Cluj-Napoca (“Babeş-
Bolyai”) and Udine (Università degli Studi),
she has recently completed a MA thesis
on the heraldry of the age of king Sigismund
of Luxemburg’s in relation to the nobility
of Transylvania. Her main research topics
are late medieval Hungarian heraldry and
the structure of power of the Transylvanian
nobility (14 th -15 th centuries), giving room
for the less explored aspects and topics
of the medieval Transylvanian society, both
in terms of its ‘domestic’ relations as well
as in terms of its connections to the king
ship and the royal Hungarian court.
E-mail Address: weiszsz@yahoo.com
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Dr. Károly Vekov. G. 1947. Privatdozent.
„Babeş-Bolyai“ Universität Klausenburg. Nach
einer Ausbildung als Mediävist trat in das
„Nicolae Iorga“ Institut der Rumänischen
Akademie (Bukarest) ein, um mehr als zwei
Jahrzehnte später nach Klausenburg zurück
zukehren, wo er Hilfswissenschaften der Ge
schichte, byzantinische Geschichte oder Ge
schichte des ungarischen Mittelalters unter
richtet. In den letzten Jahren hatte er sich
auch der Geschichte des Kommunismus in
Siebenbörgen in 40er und 50er Jahren gewid
met. Seine Hauptforschungsgebiete blieben
aber das mittelalterliche Urkundenwesen, die
Verwaltungsgeschichte des mittelalterlichen
Siebenbürgen und die ungarische Geschichtsschreibung des Mittelalters und der
Frühen Neuzeit zu denen er mehrer Bücher, Studien beigetragen hat (z.B. Locul
de adeverire din Alba Iulia (secolele XIII-XVI) [Das Weissenburger Glaubwürdige
ort (13.-16. Jahrhundert)], 2003; die gedruckte Fassung seiner Doktorarbeit).
E-mail Adresse: cvekov@cluj.astral.ro
Dr. László Veszprémy. B. 1958. Researcher.
Hungarian Institute of Military History (Buda
pest), director. Lecturer at the Central Europan
University (Budapest), where he teaches paleo
graphy and codicology. His researches have
been focused on medieval military strategy,
with particular emphasis on the structure and
financement of Hungarian military units (e.g.
co-editor of A Millenium of Hungarian Military
History, 2002). Other works have been devoted
to the early Hungarian history, to the editing of
chronicles, such as those of Magister P. or Simon of Kéza, translated also into
German, the first one (1991), respectively into English, the second (1999), as well
as to modern political topics (e.g. co-editor of Trianon and East-Central Europe:
Antecedents and Repercussions, 1995). Dr. Veszprémy has also inquired on
the personalities and actions of leading Hungarian figures (such as the kings
St. Stephen and Charles Robert of Anjou in his books of 1994, Károly Róbert,
and 2002, Szent István és az államalapítás [St. Stephen and the Foundation
of the State], as well as on the controversial and legendary figure of Attila.
E-mail Address: veszprem@ceu.hu
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The Continental Hotel, Oradea
General perspective, conference room, restaurant
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Perspectives
On the 9 th of December 1437, Sigismund of Luxemburg passed away
in Znaim. Born on the 15 th of February 1368, in Nürnberg, he was 69 years
old. The venerable Sigismund had outlived most men in his “generation”.
570 years after his death, Sigismund of Luxemburg seems to be more
popular than during his life or the years following his passing away. His fully
medieval, according to some scholars, perception of the world seems to suit
rather well present day Europe. What appeared far-fetched or obsolete in
his actions in the late 1300’ and early 1400’, is now a part of modern culture.

Mélanges d’Histoire Générale, Nouvelle Série, and the
Time and Rule of Sigismund of Luxemburg
(1387-1437-1927-2007)
In 1927, 490 years since Sigismund of Luxemburg’s death, 540 since
his rise to the Hungarian throne, were commemorated. Little or no attention
was given to these anniversaries in inter-war Romania. A journal recently is
sued in Cluj received also not too much of attention. In fact the second is
sue of the revue was only printed eleven years later (1938). For nearly seven
decades it was to remain also the last. The review, bearing great similarities
to the Revue d’Histoire Comparée of Budapest, in terms of medieval history,
was not viewed on the domestic level, both prior and after the Communist
age, as a welcome addition to the series of historical journals published in
Romania. In return, studies and documents from the two issues of the revue
were very often quoted inside and, namely, outside the Romanian borders.
The Mélanges d’Histoire Générale, published by professor Constantin
Marinescu, a leading European authority in terms of mid 15 th century relations
between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkans, who fled the country at the
end of the 1940’, was intended to serve scientific communication in Central
Europe, in particular, in international languages (at the time, it was French).
Naturally, and unfortunately at the same time, it did not however overcome
the boundaries traced inside the scientific community as well after World War
I. In fact, in these respect the journals published in Bucharest, but devoted
in particular to areas beneath the line of the Lower Danube, seem to have
been much more successful. Nevertheless, for a journal, which from the be
ginning was published other the precaution that it might not be printed every
year, Mélanges d’Histoire Générale had a rare density of valuable studies,
some still authorities in their field decade after they were published in Cluj.
In the second half of 2004, the thought of bringing Mélanges d’Histoire
Générale back to life arose. Two joint international conferences, Hungarian-
Romanian (in Szeged), respectively Italian-Romanian (in Gorizia), gave this
opportunity. The papers of the first conference (Stephen the Great, Matthias
Corvinus and their Time) were gathered into the first volume (issue) of the
first section of the new series of Mélanges and were published after a pain
taking bureaucratic journey late this year. The second volume (John Hunyadi
and his time), that contains the proceedings of the international conference
of Alba Iulia devoted to the medieval governor of Hungary (2006) is in print.
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One could say the historical anniversaries, the conferences triggered by
these anniversaries, made the editorial re-birth of Mélanges possible. It is
entirely true. It is also a local feature that has a lot to say on the fashion in
which the scientific communities relate, on most occasions, to each other.
This might not be proof for a perfect scientific world, but it reveals a ‘safe and
functional’ scientific channel, that allows us to include Mélanges d’Histoire
Générale on the list of such reviews as, for instance, East-Central Europe,
devoted to a better historical understanding of the tormented area and to a
better scientific communication, that has to go beyond, as it did even in the Mid
dle Ages, what became known in the last century as (East-) Central Europe.
The new series of Mélanges d’Histoire Générale has four official internatio
nal languages (English, French, German, Italian) in which different studies
are published and one language to bridge the parts of the content (English).
Each of these languages, each of the classic editorial standards for writing in
these languages, has its specificity that is respected in the new series, as a
small reflection of the diversity involved by modern historical knowledge. For
a journal, better said a series of volumes, dedicated in particular to the Middle
Ages and the Early Modern Age, the natural need for uniformity must come
from the respect for diversity, in terms of language and of scientific opinion.
Under these circumstances, it is hard to find a more fitting topic for a
volume in the series than that of Sigismund of Luxemburg and his Time. The
ruler under scientific attention in Oradea does not belong merely to the history
of East-Central Europe. He is a figure for the history of Western, as well as
South-Eastern Europe, if we use the conventional designations and markings.
The personality and time of Sigismund of Luxemburg has also the advantage,
given the latest methods of scientific evaluation and of evaluation of the
scientific activity, of being a subject that suits almost every area of research
and it is at the same time very hard to be fitted into a restrictive framework. It
may well be that is also a medieval response to modern standards that, at
times, make us question the real differences between the historical ages.
Most events from Sigismund of Luxemburg’s time became landmarks in
European history. His actions, successes and failures influenced the shape
of the continent. At first glance, contemporaries and later scholars had great
difficulties in realizing or in accepting his impact. The ruler had great traditions
to defend, great challenges to face, and little room to do so. In this respect,
the volume in the new series of Mélanges, devoted to him, could be regarded
also as a tribute for the quest for possibilities and options in difficult times.
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Alexandru Simon
(editor, Between Worlds, section I of
Mélanges d’Histoire Génerale, Nouvelle Série)

The President Hotel, Băile Felix
The Fishermen’s Inn, Săldăbagiu de Munte
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