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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 4(8), pp. 738 - 746
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040808
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Characteristic Features of Medieval Geopolitical Considerations: An Analysis of 12th-Century Hungarian-German Diplomatic Relations

M谩t茅 Kavecs谩nszki ^*
MTA-DE Ethnology Research Group, Hungary

ABSTRACT

The objective of this research project is to present a significant time period in the system of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire in the 12th century. My intention has been to focus on the effects of the rule of the Hohenstaufen dynasty on Hungarian foreign policy. I have examined this issue as embedded in a broad international system of relations, including Hungarian-Polish, Hungarian-Czech, German-Polish, German-Czech, and German-Hungarian connections. I have also investigated the Hungarian foreign policy relevance of the conflict between the Hohenstaufen and Welf dynasties. My purpose through this is to call the attention of experts in this field of study to the less often highlighted peculiarities of medieval diplomatic and geopolitical thinking. Beside a chronological presentation of the events in the diplomatic system of contacts, I regularly refer to the differences between Hungarian and German historiography, as regards the interpretations of the sources quoted. Through utilizing the most recent and not so recent findings in Hungarian and German historical research, the reinterpretation of the sources might be used for the proper handling of these anomalies, for finding a consensus between the oftentimes entirely contradictory viewpoints in historical scholarship and, consequently, for providing a more precise description of the events occurring in the diplomacy of the given historical time period.

KEYWORDS
Kingdom of Hungary, Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Geopolitics, The Middle Ages

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] M谩t茅 Kavecs谩nszki , "Characteristic Features of Medieval Geopolitical Considerations: An Analysis of 12th-Century Hungarian-German Diplomatic Relations," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 738 - 746, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040808.

(b). APA Format:
M谩t茅 Kavecs谩nszki (2016). Characteristic Features of Medieval Geopolitical Considerations: An Analysis of 12th-Century Hungarian-German Diplomatic Relations. Sociology and Anthropology, 4(8), 738 - 746. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040808.