An edition of The world of the ancient Slavs (1983)

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An edition of The world of the ancient Slavs (1983)

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240 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 32 cm.

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English
Pages
240

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The world of the ancient Slavs
1983, Wayne State University Press
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Detroit, MI

Table of Contents

Foreword … 7
SEARCHING FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE SLAVS
The Oldest Written Records … 9
What Philology Can Prove … 15
What Archeology Has Revealed … 18
When Did the Emergence of the Slavs Take Place? … 24
THE GREAT EXPANSION BEGINS
The Settlement of Central Europe … 29
The Advance into the Balkans … 38
Slav Colonization of Eastern Europe … 45
BETWEEN THE FRANKISH AND BYZANTINE EMPIRES AND THE NOMADS
The Slavs and the Nomad Tribes … 53
The Pressure of the Great Powers and the First Organized States … 66
GODS, DEMONS AND SHRINES
The Religious Ideas of the Slavs … 83
Temples, Idols and Cults … 91
A MAJOR MILESTONE IN DEVELOPMENT
The Great Moravian Empire and its Centres … 105
Pribina's Principality at Nitra and Mosapurc … 119
The Croats and Serbs, their Political and Cultural Emergence … 125
The First Bulgarian Empire … 131
The Early History of Kievan Russia … 139
PEASANTS, CRAFTSMEN, MERCHANTS AND WARRIORS
Peasants … 151
Crafts and Trade … 155
Warriors … 166
THE CZECHS AND THE POLES — ORIENTATION TOWARDS THE WEST
The Bohemian State of the Přemyslids — the Heir to the Great Moravian Empire … 174
The Piast State in Poland … 193
THE TRAGEDY OF THE NORTH-WESTERN SLAVS
The Lusatian Centre at Tornow … 213
Timber Fortresses in Mecklenburg … 220
Seafarers and Pirates in the Baltic Sea … 228
Conclusion … 234
Bibliography … 235
Index … 236

Edition Notes

Translation of : Svet davnych Slovanu (Artia, Praha, 1983)

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Library of Congress
DJK23 V3613, DJK27 .V3613x 1983b

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
240 p.
Number of pages
240
Dimensions
32 cm

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Open Library
OL19978944M
ISBN 10
0814317480
ISBN 13
9780814317488
LCCN
82042910, 88182485
OCLC/WorldCat
18522846, 43024474
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6490357

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