The Slavs’ political institutions and the Byzantine policies (ca. 530-650)
The Slavs’ political institutions and the Byzantine policies (ca. 530-650)

Summary/Abstract: The recent ethno-historical research on the Germanic and Slavic political traditions allowed the author to reconstruct the early Slavs’ political institutions with the use of the Byzantine sources. The role of the assembly (wiec) and leadership patterns are discussed. Then, the Byzantine incapability of dealing with the early Slavs is compared to the Frankish successes. Finally, the implications of historical genetics for the study of the early Slavs are considered.

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