Publications of Mostert, M.

Klaniczay G. A View from Inside. In: Adamska A, Mostert M, editors. The development of literate mentalities in East Central Europe. Vol 9. Turnhout: Brepols; 2004. p. 537-40. (Utrecht studies in medieval literacy; vol 9). Abstract

A View from Inside

Closing remarks on a collection of essays on literacy, highlighting three important areas for further research: liturgical writings, the evolution of “personal genres” such as letters, travel reports and autobiographies, and the social differentiation of literate mentalities.

Klaniczay G. Speaking About Miracles : Oral Testimony and Written Record in Medieval Canonization Trials. In: Adamska A, Mostert M, editors. The development of literate mentalities in East Central Europe. Vol 9. Turnhout: Brepols; 2004. p. 365-95. (Utrecht studies in medieval literacy; vol 9). Abstract

Speaking About Miracles : Oral Testimony and Written Record in Medieval Canonization Trials

Focuses on the canonisation proceedings for Elisabeth von Thüringen and Margaret of Hungary.

Szende K. The uses of archives in medieval Hungary. The development of literate mentalities in East Central Europe. 2004:107-42.
Bak JM, Lukin P. Consensus and assemblies in early medieval central and eastern Europe. In: Barnswell PS, Mostert M, editors. Political Assemblies in the Earlier Middle Ages. Vol 7. Turnhout: Brepols; 2003. p. 95-113. (Studies in the Early Middle Ages; vol 7). Abstract

Consensus and assemblies in early medieval central and eastern Europe

Discusses references to assemblies and consensus in the laws of St. Stephen and St. Ladislas (Hungary), in the description of a legal enactment of Duke Břetislav from Bohemia (as reported by Cosmas of Prague), and in the Gesta principum Polonorum as well as discussing general meetings of inhabitants of early Russian towns (veche).