The Romanians in the Anonymous Gesta Hungarorum

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Bibliotheca rerum Transsilvaniae
The anonymous ( íesía I íungamiSm is !n general a credible work, oven !t it ignores important events ami characters, and even if it makes some chronological errors. The reliable dala »ire confirmed by archaeological evidence
or by compari son wit h olher writtfen sources. One of these data concerns the present e of the Romanians in Pannoiia in the age of the Hungárián conquest. But the most important conclusion is th&t the relation about the conquest of the
Transylvania combines data taken írom oral traditions with invented facts. The inventions vvere introduced in order to legitimize the rights of the Hungárián kings over Transylvania. However, ( iel ou was a real person and his name could be considered authentic. 1 he real form of ihe name was Gelau or Giläu. The conquest of north-western Transylvania by «1 I lungarian chieftain during the 10 Century
is confi rmed In archaeology. ( )ur vicwpoint on the chronology of the first Hungárián c... Tovább

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Bibliotheca rerum Transsilvaniae
The anonymous ( íesía I íungamiSm is !n general a credible work, oven !t it ignores important events ami characters, and even if it makes some chronological errors. The reliable dala »ire confirmed by archaeological evidence
or by compari son wit h olher writtfen sources. One of these data concerns the present e of the Romanians in Pannoiia in the age of the Hungárián conquest. But the most important conclusion is th&t the relation about the conquest of the
Transylvania combines data taken írom oral traditions with invented facts. The inventions vvere introduced in order to legitimize the rights of the Hungárián kings over Transylvania. However, ( iel ou was a real person and his name could be considered authentic. 1 he real form of ihe name was Gelau or Giläu. The conquest of north-western Transylvania by «1 I lungarian chieftain during the 10 Century
is confi rmed In archaeology. ( )ur vicwpoint on the chronology of the first Hungárián c onquest of Transylvania diners from the usual one, but it is not new. It was first proposed by Vasi Ie PArvan. We consider that the events in question occured sometime in tin» 930s. I he Komanians and the Slavs from the region of Cluj succeeded to develop .1 polity sometimes around 900, taking under their control the neighboring s.ili mines aiid the road toward the Mese§ Gates. Vissza