Abstract (may include machine translation)
One of the most important turning points in Hungarian history was the Mongolian Invasion in 1241–1242, when a considerable part of the country was wholly devastated. Medieval chronicles and eyewitness accounts describe the plunder and the pillage, the torching of villages and the massacre of their inhabitants, leading to the depopulation of several regions of the country. During the past one hundred years, archaeological research in Hungary has repeatedly tried to determine the exact scale of the devastation and to examine the reliability of the testimonies contained in the written sources.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Hungarian Archaeology |
| Volume | 2012 |
| Issue number | Spring |
| State | Published - 2012 |