Ján Steinhübel (born 21 May 1957) is a Slovak

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

who specializes in

Great Moravia Great Moravia (; , ''Meghálī Moravía''; ; ; , ), or simply Moravia, was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavic to emerge in the area of Central Europe, possibly including territories which are today part of the Czech Repub ...

and in the origins of

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

. He is best known for his work ''Nitrianske kniežatsvo'' ("

Principality of Nitra The Principality of Nitra (; ), also known as the Duchy of Nitra, was a West Slavic polity encompassing a group of settlements that developed in the 9th century around Nitra, in present-day Slovakia. Its history remains uncertain because of a ...

") which summarizes his numerous studies and articles about the topic. This work was published in English in 2020.

Selected works

* 1995 ''Veľkomoravské územie v severovýchodnom Zadunajsku'' reat Moravian territory in northeastern Transdanubia* 2003 ''Krátke dejiny Slovenska'' hort history of Slovakia(co-author) * 2004 ''Nitrianske kniežatstvo'' rincipality of Nitra* 2011 ''Kapitoly z najstarších českých dejín 531 - 1004'' hapters of the oldest Czech history 531 - 1004* 2020 The Nitrian Principality: The Beginnings of Medieval Slovakia

Awards

* Prize of chairman of Nitra Self-governing Region for the exceptional historical work ''Principality of Nitra''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steinhubel, Jan 1957 births 20th-century Slovak historians Living people People from Modra 21st-century Slovak historians