Editing Moravia (section)

===Ancient Moravia===
{{see also|Great Moravia}}
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[[File:Great Moravia-eng.png|thumb|Territory of [[Great Moravia]] in the 9th century: area ruled by Rastislav (846–870) map marks the greatest territorial extent during the reign of [[Svatopluk I of Moravia|Svatopluk I]] (871–894), violet core is origin of Moravia.]]
[[File:Dóm Svatého Václava, Olomouc.jpg|thumb|[[Saint Wenceslas Cathedral]] in Olomouc, seat of [[List of bishops and archbishops of Olomouc|bishops of Olomouc]] since the 10th century and the current seat of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc|Archbishopric of Olomouc]], the Metropolitan archdiocese of Moravia]]

A variety of Germanic and major [[Slavs|Slavic]] tribes crossed through Moravia during the [[Migration Period]] before Slavs established themselves in the 6th century AD. At the end of the 8th century, the Moravian Principality came into being in present-day south-eastern Moravia, [[Záhorie]] in south-western Slovakia and parts of [[Lower Austria]]. In 833 AD, this became the state of [[Great Moravia]]<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/227715/The_history_and_archaeology_of_Great_Moravia_an_introduction Florin Kurta. ''The history and archaeology of Great Moravia: an introduction''. in: "Early Medieval Europe", 2009 volume 17 (3)]</ref> with the conquest of the [[Principality of Nitra]] (present-day Slovakia). Their first king was [[Mojmír I]] (ruled 830–846). [[Louis the German]] invaded Moravia and replaced Mojmír I with his nephew [[Rastislav of Moravia|Rastiz]] who became St. Rastislav.<ref>Reuter, Timothy. (1991). ''Germany in the Early Middle Ages'', London: Longman, page 82</ref>  St. Rastislav (846–870) tried to emancipate his land from the [[Carolingian Empire|Carolingian influence]], so he sent envoys to Rome to get missionaries to come. When Rome refused he turned to [[Constantinople]] to the [[Michael III|Byzantine emperor Michael]]. The result was the mission of [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]] who translated [[liturgical book]]s into [[Old Church Slavonic|Slavonic]], which had lately been elevated by the Pope to the same level as Latin and Greek. Methodius became the first Moravian archbishop, the first archbishop in Slavic world, but after his death the German influence again prevailed and the disciples of Methodius were forced to flee. Great Moravia reached its greatest territorial extent in the 890s under [[Svatopluk I]]. At this time, the empire encompassed the territory of the present-day [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]], the western part of present [[Hungary]] ([[Pannonia]]), as well as [[Lusatia]] in present-day Germany and [[Silesia]] and the upper [[Vistula]] basin in southern [[Poland]]. After Svatopluk's death in 895, the Bohemian princes defected to become vassals of the East Frankish ruler [[Arnulf of Carinthia]], and the Moravian state ceased to exist after being overrun by [[Hungarian invasions of Europe|invading Magyars]] in 907.<ref>{{cite book |last=Štefan |first=Ivo |editor1-last= Macháček |editor1-first= Jiří |editor2-last=Ungerman |editor2-first=Šimon | title=Frühgeschichtliche Zentralorte in Mitteleuropa |publisher=Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt | location = Bonn |year=2011 |pages=333–354 |chapter=Great Moravia, Statehood and Archaeology: The "Decline and Fall" of One Early Medieval Polity |isbn=978-3-7749-3730-7 | chapter-url = https://www.academia.edu/1016725 | access-date = 27 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Spiesz |first1=Anton |last2=Caplovic |first2=Dusan |year=2006 |title=Illustrated Slovak History: A Struggle for Sovereignty in Central Europe |publisher= Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |isbn=978-0-86516-426-0 }}</ref>