Original scientific paper
Tismice and Kouřim — transformation of Early Medieval centrality (central places) in the 8th and 9th centuries in central Bohemia. (Change in power structure visible/recognizable in the local network of hillforts ?)
Naďa Profantová
; Institute of archaeology, v.v.i. Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract
Czech Archaeology works with the interpretation of a couple of central strongholds – an older one that cease to exist/perish and a later one, newly built in the vicinity of the earlier one in the 10th century in reflection of deliberate power change initiated by the ruling duke. I documented an analogical situation in a region to the east of Prague already in the 9th century – Tismice stronghold ceased to exist in the second third of the 9th century and its central role was taken up in the half of the same century
by the stronghold with “city” function Kouřim (40 ha), 17 km to the SE. Duke of Kouřim had warred with the ruling duke Wenceslaus I (later Saint † 935) and according to the ´Christian’s legend´ from the end of the 10th century yielded to him. It was destroyed a bit later (950-960?) by violent means, most likely by Duke Boleslaus I († 972) of the Přemyslid dynasty and the duke founded a new smaller centre with the church of St. George opposite to the original stronghold. It was one of the nodal points
of the stronghold-net as the base of ´early state´ administration.
Keywords
Bohemia; Early Middle Ages; stronghold-net; power structure; change of centres; early state centres net; Carolingian imports; Hungarian imports
Hrčak ID:
329689
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2024.
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