Anatomy of a Duchy

Kalhous, David

doi:10.1163/9789004229815

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“…However, the more popular view is that Glagolitic is based on Greek cursive forms, that is, since most Glagolitic letters can be derived from Greek letters, it seems that St Constantine/Cyril added only characters for non-Greek sounds (Marti, 2014). In any case, the Glagolitic alphabet was first introduced in Great Moravia and Carolin- gian Pannonia (Kalhous, 2012). From there, the new script spread to other countries inhabited by Slavic-speakers (Cubberley, 1996;Mathiesen, 2014, p. 187).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…What is surprising is the speed of later diffusion of writing into the population (Lunt, 2000), which indicates that the Central European Slavic-speaking population, or at least a part of it, had already been mentally well prepared to accept a script in the 9th century. The written records mention hundreds of disciples of St Constantine from that time (see The Life of St Clement) (Kalhous, 2012).…”

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Prehistory to History: A New Archaeological Approach to Knowledge Transmission and the Inception of Literacy in Central Europe

Macháček

2024

J World Prehist

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This paper reviews archaeological research on the transmission of writing knowledge between literate and pre-literate societies. It proposes the use of productive approaches, such as cultural epidemiology and cultural attraction theory (CAT). The case study focuses on East-Central Europe and discusses the role of writing in the construction of social group identity and the transition from local communities with a prehistoric mindset to a historically acting society during the first millennium AD. The study collects relevant archaeological records of Early Mediaeval writing and explains them using reflective archaeology. It is shown that interactions between literate and pre-literate societies are highly complex social processes that function not only at the cultural and cognitive levels of individuals but also among larger groups of people. By combining cultural attraction theory with empirical archaeological data, this study formulates a conclusive explanation for the introduction of writing among Europe’s Slavic-speaking population.

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Section: Glagolitic Scriptmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Prehistory to History: A New Archaeological Approach to Knowledge Transmission and the Inception of Literacy in Central Europe

Macháček

2024

J World Prehist

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“…This period is characterised by the rise of the aristocracy and the beginning of Christianity (Třeštík 2001;Kalhous 2012Kalhous , 2018Boháčová and Profantová 2014;Macháček and Wihoda 2019;Štefan 2019).…”

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Technological characterisation of early Medieval gilded copper hollow pendants (gombiky), from Mikulčice (Moravia) and Prague Castle (Bohemia)

Ottenwelter

Barčaková

Josse³

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Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…For example (staying with the oldest of texts), it is known that the Slavonic life of Wenceslas (tenth century) was produced in a Bohemian version and in a Croatian version, the latter itself an almost exact translation of a Latin text, the Passio sancti Vencezlavi martyris by Gumpold of Mantua. 51 We also know that the Slavonic Life of Saint Vitus (tenth century?) was based on a Latin original, 52 and that themes originating in Bohemia or Bulgaria could be found in Russia at the latest at the time of the Russian Primary Chronicle.…”

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The Life of Constantine, the Life of Methodius and the history of the Slavs in the ninth century: a reassessment

Lienhard

2020

Early Medieval Europe

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d. 869) and Methodius (d. 885) are generally considered to have been written shortly after the death of these two saints, and in any case in the ninth century. However, the present article tries to show that this contention is not conclusive. Instead, it argues for a later writing, in the course of the tenth or eleventh centuries, taking into account in particular the authors' use of older Latin sources on the same theme. As a result, the specific information from these two Lives is subject to caution, which has important consequences for the biography of Constantine/Cyril, for the modalities of the papal mission to Moravia, and more generally for the history of the Slavic countries in the ninth century.

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Anatomy of a Duchy

Cited by 15 publications

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Prehistory to History: A New Archaeological Approach to Knowledge Transmission and the Inception of Literacy in Central Europe

Prehistory to History: A New Archaeological Approach to Knowledge Transmission and the Inception of Literacy in Central Europe

Technological characterisation of early Medieval gilded copper hollow pendants (gombiky), from Mikulčice (Moravia) and Prague Castle (Bohemia)

The Life of Constantine, the Life of Methodius and the history of the Slavs in the ninth century: a reassessment

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