Black Hungarians
Black Magyars (Latin: Ungri Nigri) were a (semi-)independent group of the Magyars in the beginning of the 11th century.
They resisted the Christian mission even after the coronation of King Stephen I of Hungary in 1000 or 1001. In 1003, Bruno of Querfurt tried to convert the Black Magyars, then Azzo, the legate of the pope lead the missionary work among them, but they insisted on their faith; therefore some of them was blinded[1].
Around 1008, King Stephen I made a campaign against them and conquested their territories ("Black Hungary")[2]. He probably set up the Diocese of Pécs on the conquested region in 1009.
Sources
- Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon (9-14. század), főszerkesztő: Kristó, Gyula, szerkesztők: Engel, Pál és Makk, Ferenc (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994)
References
- ^ Bruno of Querfurt: Vita quinque fratrum eremitarum; Vita vel passio Benedicti et Iohannis sociorumque suorum.
- ^ Adémar de Chabannes: Historia pontificum et comitum Engolismensium.