Northern (Scandinavian) and western influence in the centre of the first Piasts’ state Cover Image

Wpływy północne (skandynawskie) i zachodnie w państwie pierwszych Piastów
Northern (Scandinavian) and western influence in the centre of the first Piasts’ state

Author(s): Hanna Kóčka-Krenz, Artur Dębski
Subject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Wielkopolska/Greater Poland; Kujawy/Cuiavia; Scandinavia; imports; cultural contacts; early Middle Ages; western Europe; pre-Romanesque architecture

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the issues concerning an extent and nature of cultural con-tacts between the early Piasts’ populations and Scandinavia, as reflected by archaeological evidence. The contacts with Carolingian and Ottonian cultures were recorded in socioto-pography of leading fortified settlements and also in reception of secular and sacral forms of pre-Romanesque architecture.

  • Issue Year: 25/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 130-150
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish