Political Communities Reordered (900-1050) - The West: Fragmentation and Resilience - New States in East Central Europe
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What three polities emerged in East Central Europe? What languages did they speak?
Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary. Bohemia and Poland both were largely Slavic-speaking; linguistically, Hungary was the odd man out, but in almost every other way it was typical of the fledgling states in the region.
What happened when Bohemia tried to expand?
- When Bohemian Duke Bretislav I (d.1055) tried in 1038 to expand into what was by then Poland, laying waste the land all the way to Gniezno and kidnapping the body of the revered Saint Adalbert, Emperor Henry III (d.1056) declared war, forcing Bretislav to give up the captured territory and hostages.
- Bohemia was thereafter semi-dependent on the Empire.
What was this Poland of such interest to Bretislav and Henry?
- Like the Dane Harald Bluetooth, and around the same time, Mieszko I (r.c.960-992), the ruler of the region that would become Poland, became Christian.
- In 990/991, he put his realm under the protection of the pope, tying it closely to the power of Saint Peter.
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