The Pechenegs : nomads in the political and cultural landscape of Medieval Europe /
"In The Pechenegs: Nomads in the Political and Cultural Landscape of Medieval Europe Aleksander Paroń offers a reflection on the history of the Pechenegs, a nomadic people which came to control the Black Sea steppe by the end of the ninth century. Nomadic peoples have often been presented in Eu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2021.
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| Series: | East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450.
vol. 74. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "In The Pechenegs: Nomads in the Political and Cultural Landscape of Medieval Europe Aleksander Paroń offers a reflection on the history of the Pechenegs, a nomadic people which came to control the Black Sea steppe by the end of the ninth century. Nomadic peoples have often been presented in European historiography as aggressors and destroyers whose appearance led to only chaotic decline and economic stagnation. Making use of historical and archaeological sources along with abundant comparative material, Aleksander Paroń offers here a multifaceted and cogent image of the nomads' relations with neighboring political and cultural communities in the tenth and eleventh centuries"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004441095 9004441093 |
| ISSN: | 1872-8103 ; |