P. M. Barford
Auteur de The Early Slavs : Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe
A propos de l'auteur
Paul Barford is Inspector of Ancient Monuments in the office of the Chief Archaeologist in the Polish Ministry of Culture and Art.
Œuvres de P. M. Barford
Oeuvres associées
The Archaeology of Early Medieval Poland : Discoveries—Hypotheses—Interpretations (2005) — Language consultant, quelques éditions — 8 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Barford, P. M.
- Nom légal
- Barford, Paul M.
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Warsaw, Poland
- Professions
- archaeologist
translator - Organisations
- University of Warsaw
- Courte biographie
- "Paul M Barford is a British born former archaeologist who in 1986 moved to Poland and is currently living in central Warsaw." It is very hard to find out any further information; see http://paulbarford-heritage-the-ruth....
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Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 102
- Popularité
- #187,251
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 4
The interesting picture that emerges is of closely related Slavonic groups (linguistic evidence) probably originating in the Southern Polish, Czech, Carpathian area, cooperating with invading Huns from the East, and moving into land abandoned by the movement of earlier Germanic tribes (who in turn occupied the collapsing Western Roman Empire). Linguistic evidence also shows wide ranging contacts with German and Iranian influences overlaying the earlier Proto Balto Slavonic. He emphasizes the importance of Christianity (from both Rome and Byzantium) in bringing stability, "promoting social unity and aiding the authorities of the early state in their struggle against decentralizing tendencies in a way that no pagan religion could have done". Christianity also developed a class of educated people able to read and write and give Slavonic kingdoms a place in the newly forming Medieval world.… (plus d'informations)