ABSTRACT
The medieval kingdom of Hungary, at the meeting-point between Christian sedentary and Turkic steppe civilizations, was open to raids and settlement by a variety of groups from the Eurasian steppe. In the mid-thirteenth century, Cumans from various clans under the leadership of a chieftain, fleeing from the Mongol advance on the steppe, asked for and received admittance into the kingdom, and gradually integrated into local society. This article investigates Cuman integration as a historical process, the impact of the sedentary society on the immigrant nomads and the impact of the nomads on the sedentary society.
