Where the Middle Ages Begin
Music Associated with Santiago and the Pilgrimage Pederson,E.O. Perspectives on the Camino: A collection of essays on the Camino (2007) Abstract The Medieval Period The tradition of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela is more than 1,000 years old, and over that time musical styles and tastes, indeed the very language of music itself and the […]
Rus’ in the ethnic nomenclature of the Povest’ vremennykh let By Paul Bushkovitch Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique, Vol.12:3 (1971) Introduction: The problem of the origin and significance of the term Rus’ in the early history of Russia is normally considered in terms of the Anti-Normannist-Normannist debate on the role of the Varangians in […]
The History of Literature in the Context of New Theoretical Proposals Lipatow, Aleksander PORÓWNANIA 5 (2008) Abstract In the beginning of the Middle Ages with the growth of the Christian ecumene and a related ecclesiastical, and institutional differentiation and a following cultural and political differentiation localized around the two centres – Byzantium and Rome – […]
William of Malmesbury on Pagan Slavic Oracles: New Sources for Slavic Paganism and its two Interpretations Słupecki, Leszek Paweł Zaroff, Roman Studia Mythologica Slavica, Issue 2 (1999) Abstract The article brings to the attention of the scholarly world a hardly known medieval source Gesta Regum Anglorum written by William of Malmesbury. Who was an early 12th […]
IBN FADLAN AND THE RUSIYYAH Montgomery, James E. (Cambridge) Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 3 (2000) Abstract Ibn Fadlan’s account of the caliphal embassy from Baghdad to the King of the Volga Bulghars in the early fourth/tenth century is one of our principal, textual sources for the history, ethnogenesis and polity formation of a number […]
Procopius about the supreme god of the Slavs (Bella VII 14, 23): Two critical remarks By Aleksandar Loma Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 41 (2004) Abstract: A passage from Procopius, Bella VII 14, 23 is reconsidered, in which the beliefs of the heathen Slavs are described. It is shown to be corrupted. The main emendation proposed […]
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