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[dciurchea]

Gesta Hungarorum (~1290AD) largely mentions Attila and Csaba

http://books.google.com/books?id=a72xT1YubqAC


Also  Chronica Hungarorum (1473) mentions them:

http://www.caslin.sk/htdoc/diglib/chrohung/gallery.htm


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "dciurchea" <dciurchea at ...> wrote:
>
> Csaba (son of Attila) is also very popular because of the heroic 
> argument.
> Remember that the Kings of Hungary and the Voyevods of 
Transylvania 
> and of The Romanian Prinipalities also were always elected by the 
> Diet. Moreover in the line of the kings of Hungary, such families 
as 
> Anjou and Luxembourg gave kings. So no dynasty -except gentry 
> privileges- may be invoked.
> 
> Please observe the lack of relevance of the mother tongue for the 
> gentry.
> 
> 
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, macmaster@ wrote:
> >
> > When did Attila become a popular Hungarian name?
> > My impression was that it comes from quite late (18th-19th 
century)
> > 
> > 
> > g_scaff wrote:
> > > Greetings all,
> > >    I am a lurker on this list who has been a member for almost 
> 10 years
> > > now. I have occasionaly posted, and wanted to say "hello", and 
> that I
> > > enjoy reading the various posts. My Gothic reading level is 
> minimal but
> > > improving, currently at " sa wulfs itith thana gait".
> > >    I do have one question; I have known several Hungarians 
with 
> the
> > > name "Attila"; how did this name survive among the Magyars, 
was 
> there
> > > East Germanic contact with them?
> > >                                  Thank you and Happy New Year,
> > >                                      Gregory Scaff
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>


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