Migrants, Missionaries and Merchants –from Lotharingia to New Europe in 11th to 13th Centuries
Migrants, Missionaries and Merchants –from Lotharingia to New Europe in 11th to 13th CenturiesUpdate: 2025-11-13
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In this interview, Nicholas Tayler talks about his thesis research into the migration of missionaries and merchants from the Lotharingian region, in the current day Low Countries, to ‘New Europe’ and specifically to Hungary.Nick looks at how he is tracing this fascinating, but largely forgotten migration route from Lotharingia to Hungary through a mixture of documents and histories, mostly from ecclesiastical archives, archaeology, place names and personal names. This vast, complex and challenging research highlights the migration and it‘s multi-vectoral influence on the developing kingdom of Hungary. Nick also discusses his research’s methodological foundations in Bruno LaTour’s ‘Actor Network Theory’ and the concept of Entangled History, and how these tools help with the understanding of these routes of people and influence. Nick explains how understanding medieval episcopal politics can help make sense of modern Europe. Nicholas Tayler was awarded the Bak Fellowship scholarship in 2023 -2024 to support his research. For information about this scholarship please click here.This podcast is part of a series of interviews covering central Europe in the medieval period for MECERN and CEU Department of Historical Studies.
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