This volume is the proceedings of an international conference and workshop “The
Jagiellonians in Europe: Dynastic Diplomacy and Foreign Relations” to be held on
10
-
11 April 2015 at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Debrecen.
The organ
izers would like to give a broad, different approach, other than the usual
national
–
for us, Hungarian spectacle
–
and view the dynasty in a European context,
mainly concentrating on the European relations and view of Poland, Bohemia and
Hungary. Since ou
r perspective is pre
-
1526, based on our Hungarian
-
centred
researches, we would mainly focus on the earlier periods, 15
th
and early 16
th
century.
We are honoured to introduce 20 speakers in six sessions from several countries
–
beyond the ones that had bee
n under the rule of the Jagiellonian dynasty, i.e. Hun-
gary, Bohemia, Croatia, Slovakia and Poland
–
from England, Germany and
Romania. We are also pleased to welcome Dr. Paul Srodecki (Universität Giessen)
as a guest speaker who will launch the program wit
h a key
-
note lecture. Our aim
was however to organize a roundtable discussion as well, where the scholars of the
different research centres throughout Europe could have an opportunity to have a
discussion over the place and role of the Jagiellonian dynasty
in the European
constellation of the 15
th
and early 16
th
centuries
