Florin Curta: The Making of the Slavs

Cover: 9780521036153 | The Making of the Slavs | Florin Curta (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 2007

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Beschreibung

This book offers an alternative approach to the problem of Slavic ethnicity in south-eastern Europe between c. 500 and c. 700, from the perspective of current anthropological theories. The conceptual emphasis here is on the relation between material culture and ethnicity. The author demonstrates that the history of the Sclavenes and the Antes begins only at around 500 AD. He also points to the significance of the archaeological evidence, which suggests that specific artefacts may have been used as identity markers. This evidence also indicates the role of local leaders in building group boundaries and in leading successful raids across the Danube. Because of these military and political developments, Byzantine authors began employing names such as Sclavines and Antes in order to make sense of the process of group identification that was taking place north of the Danube frontier. Slavic ethnicity is therefore shown to be a Byzantine invention.

Zusammenfassung

This book offers an alternative approach to the problem of Slavic ethnicity in south-eastern 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, the author rejects the idea of Slavic migration, and shows that ‘the Slavs’ were the product of the frontier.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Slavic ethnicity and the ethnie of the Slavs: concepts and approaches; 2. Sources for the history of the early Slavs (c. 500-700); 3. The Slavs in early medieval sources (c. 500-700); 4. The Balkans and the Danube limes during the sixth and seventh centuries; 5. Barbarians on the sixth-century Danube frontier: an archaeological survey; 6. Elites and group identity north of the Danube frontier: the archaeological evidence; 7. 'Kings' and 'democracy': power in early Slavic society; Conclusion: the making of the Slavs; Appendices; References; Index.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521036153
ISBN-10:	0521036151
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Curta, Florin Florin, Curta
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Maße:	229 x 152 x 30 mm
Von/Mit:	Florin Curta (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.02.2007
Gewicht:	0,798 kg

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