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

by Florin Curta and Curta Florin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521036151
• ISBN13: 9780521036153
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"