| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-323) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The formation of a Slav identity -- Expansion and assimilation : the sixth century -- Consolidation and social change : the seventh century -- Decisive decades : the eighth and ninth centuries -- Daily life -- The order of things : social structure -- Warfare -- Production, consumption and exchange -- Pagan ideologies -- Towards a Christian Europe -- State formation : the South and East Slavs -- State formation : the West Slavs -- The early Slavs and the modern world. |
| Summary |
"During the early medieval period the Slavs expanded from their original homeland to colonize vast areas and to found most of the modern nations in Eastern Europe. With first-hand knowledge of the archaeology and other sources, the author creates a vivid picture of daily life in early medieval Eastern Europe from the early fifth to the end of the tenth century AD, a period of profound transformation. The final chapter sets the early medieval developments into the perspective of the history and culture of modern Europe. A series of specially compiled maps chart the main cultural changes taking place over six centuries in this relatively unknown part of Europe."--Jacket. |
| Subjects (Topics) |
Slavs -- History.
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| Subjects (Places) |
Europe, Eastern -- Civilization.
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| Bib utility control no. |
47054689 |
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