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Author:   Judith Kalik ,  Alexander Uchitel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367588649

ISBN 10:   0367588641
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Contents ;List of Charts ;List of Tables ;Preface ;Introduction;Part One: Ancient Slavs ;1. Ancient Slavs and their Neighbors ; Slavic languages ; Slav's homeland ; Hydromymics ; Names of the Slavs and Slavic names for their neighbors ; Slavic migrations ; Slavic scripts ; Slavic society ; Slavic states ; The Christianization of the Slavs ;2. Earliest Evidence of Slavic Religion ; Procopius, The Gothic War ; St. Boniface, A letter to King Ethelbald of Mercia ; Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Travel-Report; Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De administrando imperio ; Widukind of Corvey, Deeds of the Saxons; Leo the Deacon, History ;3. Conclusions ;Part Two: Gods ;4. Sources ; Documentary evidence ; Bruno of Querfurt, A Letter to King Henry II ; The Magdeburg Charter ; Historiography ;Thietmar of Merseburg, The Chronicle ; Adam of Bremen, History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen ; Helmold of Bosau, The Chronicle of the Slavs; Saxo Grammaticus, The History of the Danes; The Knytlinga Saga ; The Russian Primary Chronicle ;Hagiography ; The Life of Otto, Apostle of Pomerania; Ebo ; Herbord ; Wolfger of Prüfening ; Poetry ; The Tale of Igor's Campaign ;5. Svarozhich ;6. Sventovit ;7. Rugevit ;8. Porevit, Porenut and Turupid ;9. Pizamar and Chernoglav ;10. Prove and Podaga ;11. Triglav ;12. Gerovit ;13. Pripegala ;14. ""Vladimir's Gods"";Perun ; Khors ; Dazh'bog (Dazhd'bog) ; Stribog ; Simar'gl ; Mokosh' ;15. Volos (Veles) ;16. Conclusions ;Part Three: Heroes ;17. Sources: Slavic National Historiography ; Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs ; Gallus Anonymus, The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles ; Wincenty Kadłubek, Chronicles of the Kings and Princes of Poland ; The Chronicle of Great Poland ; The Chronicle of Dalimil ; Jan Długosz, Annals or Chronicles of the Famous ;Kingdom of Poland ;18. Bohemia ; Čech ; Krok ; Kazi ; Tetka ; Libuše ; 19. Little Poland ; Wiślanie ; The Drago of Wawel (Smok Wawelski) ; The Fratricide ; Wanda ; Lędzianie ;. Leszek I ;. Leszek II ; Leszek III ;20. Great Poland; 21. Kiev; 22. Croatia; 23. Reconstruction; Appendix 1: Indo-European Hippomancy ; India ; Persia ; Parthia ; Greece ; Rome ; Germanic Tribes ; Slavs ; Redarii ; Pomerania ; Rani ; Bohemia ; Little Poland ; Ireland ; Reconstruction ;Appendix 2: Zmey Gorynych ;Afterword ;Bibliography ; Index"

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Judith Kalik teaches East European history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has written extensively on the inter-religious encounters in Eastern Europe from the early Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. Alexander Uchitel taught ancient history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Haifa between 1985 and 2017. He is the author of numerous articles on diverse subjects related to the history and philology of ancient Greece and the ancient Near East.

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