Capitulum VI. [antikvár]

^RepAccThis volume is dedicated to the memory of Zoltan J. Kosztolnyik (19302006), Professor of History at Texas A M University (College Station, USA). Inspired by his Hungarian desccnt, he was one of the few scholars writing in English who concentratcd on Medieval Hungary. Professor Kosztolnyik worked closely with colleagues in Hungary, bringing their work to the attention of the international community. Hc kept in especially close contact with colleagues in the Department of Medieval and Early Modern Hungarian History at the University of Szeged, and the Department of Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Pécs.The present volume contains articles written in his honour. At its core are the lectures delivered at a session organized in his memory at the 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan in May 2007. This special session was organized by the American editor of this volume, Eleanor A. Congdon. The presenters included the Hungarian editors, István Petrovics and Sándor László Tóth, and two of the other authors of this volume, namely Agnes T. Horváth and Ferenc Sebők. Professor Kosztolnyik was also honoured at the International Medieval Congress at Leeds University in England in July 2007 with a concert and gathering of his friends.At that time, we began considermg a memorial volume containmg the articles of those medievalists who v/ere acquainted with Professor Kosztolnyik. He touched so many lives throughout his career that we feel that this is the best way we could remember our friend and colleague. His greatest legacy is his scholarship concentrating on the Arpádian period (ninth to thirteenth centuries) of medieval Hungarian history. The organization took much time and energy; we hope this volume will stand as a worthy testiment to an eminent scholar and great man.The volume includes articles spanning Hungarian history from its beginnings up to the fifteenth century. It also contains some articles treating medieval and early modern European history. Professor Kosztolnyik, through his books, scholarly lectures and classes made it his scholarly mission to make known medieval Hungarian history for non-Hungarian scholars and students. The great variety of topics included, we hope, will open the subject of Hungary's contribution in medieval European history to Hungarian and Eng-lish-speaking students for more profound study. We do hope that with this volume we may contribute to both preservmg his memory and to the better understanding of medieval