The early Slavs : culture and society in early medieval Eastern Europe

The early Slavs : culture and society in early medieval Eastern Europe / P.M. Barford.

"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...

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Main Author: Barford, P. M. (Paul M.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Geschichte 400-1000.
Slavs > History.
Civilization.
Slavs.
Kultur
Slavische volken.
Europe, Eastern > Civilization.
Slavic countries > History.
Slavic countries > Civilization.
Europe de l'Est > Civilisation.
Eastern Europe.
Osteuropa
Slawen.
Slavic countires > Slaves > Histoire > Europe de l'Est > Civilisation > Slavische volken.
History.
Table of 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.

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