From Medieval Frontiers to Early Modern Borders in Central and South-Eastern Europe

This volume gathers a variety of scientific contributions, from young and experienced researchers alike, on the evolution of frontiers/borders, from the late Middle Ages to the end of the Early Modern Period (eighteenth century). The expansion of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, its diplomatic and military interactions with the Hungarian Kingdom, daily life in medieval borderlands, administrative and military organization of frontiers, transfer of military knowledge and technology, social and demographic impact of border warfare and the militarization of eighteenth century borders are some of the subjects approached by the authors. Their research provides a complex comparative perspective over a region which shares both common and divergent features with the rest of Europe.

Florin Nicolae Ardelean is a researcher at Babes‚-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. His research interests include late medieval and early modern history, military history, social history, and the history of higher education.
Liviu Cîmpeanu is a researcher at the Romanian Academy – Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Sibiu. His research interests include political and military history in the late medieval and early modern times, administrative history, juridical history, history of the Transylvanian Saxons, German and Latin paleography, and source editions.
Romulus Gelu Fodor is a researcher at Babes‚-Bolyai University and a history teacher at George Cos‚buc National College from Cluj Napoca. His research interests include early modern and modern history, legal history, medieval institutions, early modern Transylvanian institutions, and social history.
Livia Magina is a researcher at Museum of Highland Banat, Resita. Her research interests include late medieval and early modern history of Transylvania and Banat, social and administrative history, and history of writing.