Presenting the history of the Slavs in the Middle Ages in a new light, this study shows how the 'Slavs' were treated as a cultural construct and as such politic
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 cha
This book investigates how minorities contributed to medieval society, comparing these contributions to majority society’s perceptions of the minority. In thi
The acceptance of Christianity in the tenth century is the most significant cultural event in the history of modern Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. A vast reservo