Slavs in the Middle Ages between idea and reality / by Eduard Mühle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mühle, Eduard, author.

Series:

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 1872-8103 ; volume 89

Standardized Title:

Slawen zwischen Idee und Wirklichkeit. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Slavs--History--To 1500.

Slavs.

Slavs--Ethnic identity.

Slavs--Public opinion.

Civilization, Slavic.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 volume. 1 volume ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"The book presents a new history of the Slavs during the Middle Ages. Based on in-depth source analysis, it describes on the one hand the 'factual' historical structures that can be discerned behind the phenomenon of 'the Slavs'--from the 'early Slavic' population groups and their first formations of power in the 7th to 9th centuries, through the Slavic-speaking realms and nationes of the 10th to 12th centuries, to the late medieval societies of the 13th to 15th centuries. On the other hand, it analyzes external Byzantine, Latin and Arabic perceptions, as well as 'Slavic' self-imagery, with which the Slavs have been conceptualized or imagined as a cultural construct since the 6th century. Mühle further demonstrates that these images were already being instrumentalized for historical-political purposes in various contexts and for different purposes in the Middle Ages"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Making of Slavs in Modern Times

Questions and Methodology

The Discovery of the Slavs in the Early Middle Ages

Early Slavic Realities

Early Slavic Power Structures (regna)

The Slavs in the Process of Medieval 'State-Formation' and 'Nation-Building'

Incomplete Processes of 'State-Formation' and 'Nation-Building'

Slavs Perceived by Non-Slavs through the Middle Ages

Ideas of Slavic Unity in the Late Middle Ages

The Making of the Slavs in the Middle Ages.

Notes:

"Originally published as "Die Slawen zwischen Idee und Wirklichkeit" by Böhlau in 2020."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mühle, Eduard Slavs in the Middle Ages between idea and reality

ISBN:

9789004450257

9004450254

OCLC:

1350734703