Slavs in the Making

Slavs in the Making addresses the question of migration in the archaeology of early medieval Eastern Europe. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in medieval history, migration, and the history of Eastern and Central Europe.

Florin Curta is Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Florida, USA. He is the author of The Making of the Slavs: History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube, ca. 500-700 (2004), Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250 (2006), The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, ca. 500 to 1050: The Early Middle Ages (2011), and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300) (2019).

Introduction 1. Theoretical framework 2. Approaching the early Slavs 3. Written sources 4. The Carpathian Basin 5. The East German and Czech lands 6. Poland 7. Western (Right-Bank) Ukraine and Belarus 8. Eastern (Left-Bank) Ukraine and western Russia 9. Migration 10. Language 11. Ethnicity Conclusion