Ebook: The World of the Ancient Slavs

Photographs by Pavel Vácha. Illustrations by Pavel Major. Translated by Till Gottheiner.

Very few Western publications have appeared that give clear information on the earliest history of the Slavs and their culture. This publication started as a Czech edition (Prague 1977) and was revised and adapted both in text and illustrations. Its aim is to outline in a brief informative survey the beginnings and cultural forms of the Slavs from their ethnogenesis until the emergence of the first states and nations. In view of the considerable progress made by archeological research in recent decades, these finds are given a prominent place but are set in the context of historical development, including other fields of research. Stress is placed on the pictorial documentation, including reconstructions in the form of drawings, which should give a closer insight into the life of the vanished world of the ancient Slavs.