Early medieval Hum and Bosnia, ca. 450-1200 : beyond myths
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Early medieval Hum and Bosnia, ca. 450-1200 : beyond myths
(Studies in medieval history and culture)
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
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Bibliography: p. [224]-265
Includes index
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Description
The book goes beyond ideological and national mythologemes of the past in order to provide a new historical narrative that brings more light to this region placed on the frontiers of both the medieval West and the Byzantine empire / It provides a new views of the period between ca. 450 and 1200 for the parts of Western Balkans and Eastern Adriatic, brings the most recent local historical and archaeological research to the Anglophone readership / It contributes to the scholarship of the late antique and early medieval Mediterranean with study of very poorly known area.
Table of Contents
Introduction / 1 Setting the stage / 2 (A long overdue) essay on historiography and archaeology of late antique and early medieval Hum and Bosnia / 3 The Prelude: Making of imperial society / 4 'Long' Sixth century (ca. 450-630) / 5 The Dark Age Interlude (ca. 630-800) / 6 "The Force Awakens": The Ninth Century / 7 The Lords of Hum / 8 "Good ol' days of ban Kulin": The birth of Bosnia / Conclusion
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