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  Great Moravia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Weakened by internal struggle and frequent wars with the Frankish Empire, Great Moravia was ultimately overrun by Magyar invaders in the early 10th century and its remnants were later divided between the Kingdom of Hungary, Bohemia, Poland, and the Holy Roman Empire.
The territory of Great Moravia was originally evangelized by missionaries coming from the Frankish Empire or Byzantine enclaves in Italy and Dalmatia since the early 8th century (and sporadically earlier).
The Church organization in Great Moravia was supervised by the Bavarian clergy until the arrival of Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius in 863.
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 Great Moravia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Great Moravia (Old Church Slavonic approximately Велья Морава, Czech Velká Morava, Slovak Veľká Morava, Latin Magna Moravia) was a Slav state existing on the territory of present-day Moravia and Slovakia between 833 and the early 10th century.
Great Moravia was a state of the predecessors of present-day Moravians and Slovaks.
As for the history of Bohemia — annexed by Great Moravia for five to seven years (from888/890 to 895) — the important year being 895, when the Bohemians broke away from the empire and became Frankish vassals (vassals of Arnulf of Carinthia) and gradually an independent Bohemia, ruled by descendants of Premysl, began to emerge.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Great_Moravia   (1383 words)

  
 Great Moravia
The history of Great Moravia is a subject that, in English at least, seems to appear on the web only in connection with the Slav Apostles, SS Constantine/Cyril and Methodius; it is hoped that this contribution will go someway to restoring a bit of historical balance.
centres in the Nitrian Principality, 11 in Moravia and 15 in Bohemia.
Great Moravia fragments under the impact of the Magyar onslaught and Frankish raids.
www.skriptorium.info /cesky/r_gmoravia.htm   (1653 words)

  
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Another event of great importance was the advance of Christianity into the Slavic lands, the development of education and writing in the Slavic language under the strong influence of St. Cyril-Constantine and St. Methodius, Byzantine scholars and Slavic-speaking missionaries who came to Great Moravia at the invitation of Prince Rastislav in 863 AD.
The fact that Svatopluk was one of the greatest European rulers of those times (he is referred to as king in several sources) and that his Empire created lasting political and historical structures as well as spiritual values, remained engraved on the minds of our ancestors.
The idea of Great Moravia became a source of inspiration for the Slovak nation-a source from which it was to draw strength throughout its later history, particularly in the times of the National Revival when the nation's state building ambitions were reawakened.
www.slovakheritage.org /Money/5000gold.htm   (640 words)

  
 Borivoj I of Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bořivoj was recognised as such by his overlord Svatopluk I of Great Moravia around 872 who dispatched Bishop Methodius to begin the conversion of the Czechs to Christianity.
Bořivoj and his wife Saint Ludmila were baptised by Methodius in 874 and the latter especially became an enthusiastic evangelist, although the religion failed to take root among Bořivoj's subjects.
Around 883 Bořivoj was deposed by a revolt in support of his kinsman Strojmir, and restored only with the support of Svatopluk of Moravia.
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 Great Moravia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Frankish army was defeated and Svatopluk became an independent sovereign of the country.
Svatopluk became so powerful that he was sometimes mentioned as king.
Moravia was loosing its power due to these quarrels and could not resist to the attacks of the nomadic Hungarians.
www3.europole.u-nancy.fr /anglais/RT/czech/1_01_3.htm   (563 words)

  
 Moravia: History
However, Moravia retained its separate diet and was at times separated from the Bohemian crown (e.g., at periods during the Hussite Wars of the 15th cent.
Moravia, generally more tolerant of Hapsburg authority than Bohemia, suffered less in the religious and civil strife of the 16th cent.
In 1949 the province of Moravia and Silesia was replaced by four administrative regions, and in 1960, in a new administrative reorganization, Moravia was divided into the South Moravian region (5,795 sq mi/15,009 sq km) and the North Moravian region (4,271 sq mi/11,062 sq km).
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 Ubytovanie Radava
For example earl Pribina, Svatopluk, st. Cyril and st. Methodius (year 863 AD), the remark of first christian church on slovak territory and the establishment of the first slovienian writing.
Marain (plague) pillar was built in 1750 as a memory on great plague (1749).
The building-up of the castle begun in the era of Great Moravia.
www.karate-army.sk /relax/Radava_files_en/tipy_na_vylet_en.html   (723 words)

  
 871   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Alfred the Great succeeds as king of Wessex after Ethelred's death.
After the battle at Wilton, peace is made, with the Danes and Alfred each governing part of England.
Louis II captures Ban, the headquarters of the Saracens.
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 Great Moravia - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word Great Moravia:
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "Great Moravia" is defined.
Phrases that include Great Moravia: svatopluk of great moravia
www.onelook.com /?w=Great+Moravia&ls=a   (80 words)

  
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1380 = Great epidemic of the plague in Bohemia ??
1584 = Bohemia and Moravia joined to Gregorian Calendar 28 Mar 1592 = Birth of Comenius - Czech pedagogue & bishop of the Unity of Brethren ??
Jul 1997 = Disastrous floods at Moravia, tens of victims
www.btinternet.com /~spansoft/data/tl_cze.txt   (2158 words)

  
 Nová stránka 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For the request of Prince Rostislav they set out to Great Moravia in 863 to preach the Christianity in the language of Slavs.
(Great Moravia was the first big empire on our territory).
After our Saint brothers many churches are called all over the country and every year on 5 July we commemorate their arrival at Great Moravia.
www.gymnaziumdc.cz /etwinning/kvinta/5jul.htm   (425 words)

  
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The strained relations between Greater Moravia and the Eastern
At the end of Svatopluk´s reign in the final years of the 9th century,
This defeat led to the disintegration of the core of the imperial lands,
mujweb.atlas.cz /www/historycz/main2.html   (249 words)

  
 Slovakia Guide: Brief History
The first Christian church was established in Pribina court in Nitra, one of the centers of Great Moravia (1)
Arrival of Cyril and Method, the founders of old Slavic written language, on Great Moravia (1)
The most prominent ruler of Great Moravia, Svatopluk, died.
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 Caledonia: A Light in the North
Both the Frankish and Byzantine empires regularly send missionaries to the Slavs, each attempting to convert them to their own brand of Christianity.
On the eastern borders of the Frankish empire a new power arose five years ago when Svatopluk united the Slavic kingdoms of Bohemia and Moravia to form the Empire of Great Moravia.
Fortunately, Svatopluk seems to have no immediate designs on expansion to the west, and missionaries and diplomats sent by both Louis the German and Emperor Basil are hopeful that the new emperor may convert soon.
www.bol.ucla.edu /~smartin/caledonia/distant.html   (532 words)

  
 883   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Balaton Principality is conquered by king Svatopluk- 890s 900s 910s
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