The Early Slavs

The First Centuries of Eastern Europe

Susana Torres Prieto

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Routledge
31 March 2025

Regional studies; European history; Archaeology by period & region; History of religion; Christianity

Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

This book presents an introductory and comprehensive history of the Slavic-speaking peoples who inhabited Eastern and Southern Europe during the 700-year period stretching from the first archaeological and historical records to the establishment of their first organised polities.

The book is organised thematically (social organisation, politics and government, economy, religion, culture) in order to present some of the most recent scholarly advances in a range of fields, showing new light in some historical scholarly polemics. It is a political and cultural history that incorporates recent findings in areas previously overlooked in scholarly literature, such as slavery, the role of women, the importance of Jewish communities, and the problematic relations of all these emerging polities with neighbouring empires. Instead of focusing exclusively on any specific geographic area, or dealing mainly with linguistic and cultural aspects, the book provides a much-needed overview of the origins of many modern nations in Eastern and Southern Europe.

Written in an accessible style and complete with a comparative chronology, this is a comprehensive introduction to students and researchers in the fields of history, philology, and Slavic and East European Studies.

By: Susana Torres Prieto
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9781032251134
ISBN 10: 1032251131
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 31 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chapter 1: Historiographic sources and archaeological evidence Chapter 2: The Earliest Slavs Chapter 3: Trade and Slavery Chapter 4: The Earliest Polities Chapter 5: Christianisation Chapter 6: Written Culture Epilogue: identities APPENDIX: Comparative Chronology (530-1230)

Susana Torres Prieto is Associate Professor in the Humanities at IE University (Madrid), Spain. Her research focuses on Medieval Slavic literature and culture. In her publications, she analyses textual transmission in Slavic medieval literatures from a comprehensive perspective, encompassing literary, translation and manuscript studies, and incorporating the latest developments in digital humanities. She co-edited the volume Medieval Rus’ and Early Modern Russia: Texts and Contexts (Routledge 2023, with Andrei Franklin).