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In this article the author presents the shaping of the Central European region in the Middle Ages through examples from the history of its ruling dynasties. In her view, clans adopting Christianity, while expanding their own power and initiating the process of organizing the state, also shaped their environment mentally as far as the interpretation of their own past -- that is, their traditions -- is concerned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article the author presents the shaping of the Central European region in the Middle Ages through examples from the history of its ruling dynasties. In her view, clans adopting Christianity, while expanding their own power and initiating the process of organizing the state, also shaped their environment mentally as far as the interpretation of their own past - that is, their traditions - is concerned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]