On Common Path - Budapest and Kraków in the Middle Ages

Relationships between cities are remarkable phenomena.
Many factors shape these relationships as cities develop.
The creative exchange of ideas,the migration of residents and the emergence of economic and political relations require the existence of conditions conductive to building a commonwealth independent of geographical distance.
It is no idle assertion that there can hardly be two cities on the map of Europe with more numerous connections than Kraków and Budapest.
We dreamed about telling the story of the Budapest-Kraków friendship, and our sense of responsibility for the common memory of two cities and two nations spurred us to undertake the task of building this story.


CONTENTS:

Jacek Majchrowski, introduction of the Mayor of Kraków
Istvan Tarlos, introduction of the Mayor of Budapest
Michał Niezabitowski, introduction of the Director of the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków
Peter Farbaky, introduction of the Director General of the Budapest History Museum
Judit Benda - Michał Szczerba - Łukasz Walas - Jacek Zinkiewicz: Prolog


INTRODUCTORY STUDIES:

Stanisław A. Sroka: The Contacts of Buda and Pest with Kraków in the Middle Ages
Katalin Szende: Kraków and Buda in the Road Network of Medieval Europe
Istvan Draskóczy: Highways between Buda and Kraków

1. GENESIS

Łukasz Walas: Genesis - Kraków in Legend and before Incorporation
Eniko Spekner: Buda the Road to Capital-city Status, the Late 12th to the Early 14th Centuries
Objects descriptions

2. DEFEAT

Łukasz Walas; Kraków in the Face of the Tatar Invasion in 1241
Janos B. Szabó: The Mongol Invasion of 1241
Objects descriptions

3. CREATION

Jacek Zinkiewicz:Creatio. Foundation of Kraków
Andras Vegh: The Society of Medieval Buda and Pest
Erika Nikolicza: Kraków's Significance of in the Sources of the Buda Law Book
Wojciech Kozłowski: Dynastic Relations between Hungary and Poland, 1240-1600
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4. GLORY

Jacek Zinkiewicz: Royal Seat, Ecclesiastical Center,Capital. Kraków in the LateMiddles Ages
Andras Vegh: The Topography of the Late Medieval Capital of Hungary
Eniko Spekner: The Schools in Buda
Gabor Sarbak: Notes on the Pauline Connection between Buda and Kraków in the Middle Ages
Borbala Kelenyi: The University of Kraków and its Hungarian Students
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5. SPLENDOUR

Michał Szczerba: The Splendour of Kraków
Judit Benda - Judit Zador: Late Medieval Townhouses and Commercial Buildings in Buda
Karoly Magyar: Castle within the Castle
Aron Petneki: Hungarians in Medieval Kraków
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6. DECAY

Adrienn Papp: Buda's Transformation into an Ottoman Town
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APPENDIX

Maps
Sources
Bibliography
Index of persons and place names