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The Making of the Slavs: History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, c.500-700

By Florin Curta

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521036151, 9780521036153
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10010138 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Edition
1
Pages
483\483
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book offers a new approach to the problem of Slavic ethnicity in southeastern Europe between c. 500 and c. 700. The author shows how Byzantine authors "invented" the Slavs, in order to make sense of political and military developments taking place in the Balkans. Making extensive use of archaeology to show that such developments resulted in the rise of powerful leaders, responsible for creating group identities and mobilizing warriors for successful raids across the frontier. The author rejects the idea of Slavic migration, and shows that "the Slavs" were the product of the frontier.

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