Gesta Hungarorum: The Deeds of the Hungarians

Contributor(s): Kézai, Simon (Author), Veszprémy, László (Editor), Schaer, Frank (Translator)

ISBN: 9789639116313

Publisher: Central European University Press

Hardcover

$156.00

Pub Date: January 1, 1999

Dewey: 943.9

LCCN: 99035549

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.36" H x 9.28" L x 6.50" W ( 1.44 lbs) 340 pages

BISAC Categories:

Fiction | Classics

Series: Central European Medieval Texts

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Simon of Kéza was a court cleric of the Hungarian King, Ladislas IV (1272-1290). Written between 1282-1285, the Gesta Hungarorum is an ingenious and imaginative historical fiction of prehistory, medieval history and contemporary social history.