Deep in the hills of Transylvania, not far from the cave of the bats and wolves, sits Bran Castle. For centuries it has sat perched there amid the stereotypical howling of wolves and slithering of bat-snakes. These days it is often called Dracula Castle by tourists even though, as this article points out, the castle's… Continue reading Bran Castle, historic castle of Transylvania and popular tourist destination, is for sale
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‘Past Perfect!’ Continues
CEU Medieval Radio proudly presents this and next week's Past Perfect! (February 16-19-21) featuring Emese Sarkadi Nagy, who will talk about fifteenth and sixteenth-century Transylvanian altarpieces, about their production, as well as about her work in the collection of the Christian Museum in Esztergom, Hungary. Past Perfect! is CEU Medieval Radio's show on medieval and… Continue reading ‘Past Perfect!’ Continues
Victor Alexandrov’s Book Launch
February 13, 2013 - 17:30 - 18:00 Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower Victor Alexandrov: The Syntagma of Matthew Blastares: The Destiny of a Byzantine Legal Code among the Orthodox Slavs and Romanians Forschungen zur byzantinischen Rechtsgeschichte, vol. 29 (Frankfurt am Main: Löwenklau-Gesellschaft, 2012) presented by Ralph Cleminson, visiting professor of Slavonic Studies The Syntagma is… Continue reading Victor Alexandrov’s Book Launch
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