The Birth of the Czech State 568–1055
E-book, Czech
The Birth of the Czech State 568–1055
A look at the earliest history of the Czech state by a renowned historian
In his book, historian and archaeologist Petr Charvát presents a comprehensive picture of the origin and formation of the early Czech state, which he traces from the first signs of social and political organisation in the early Middle Ages to the consolidation of statehood and ducal power during the reign of Břetislav I. The author places the development of the Slavic population in our territory in a broader European context, but also points to the numerous influences and impulses coming from non-European cultures. The focus is not only on political developments, but also on economic relations and cultural and religious changes, especially the gradual penetration of Christianity.
Petr Charvát
Doc. PhDr. Petr Charvát, DrSc. (* 12 January 1949 Prague) is a Czech archaeologist and historian. He specialises in the archaeology and history of the Orient, as well as in early Czech history. From 1968–1973, he studied cuneiform and archaeology at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. He then worked at the Institute of Archaeology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and, from 1990–2005, at the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Since 2006, he has been teaching at the Faculty of Arts of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. He also lectures on history at the Faculty of Education of Charles University and occasionally at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno. He is the author of a number of books, including The Birth of the Czech State (2007), Hear the Muezzin's Call: The Czech Lands and the Arab World in the Early Middle Ages (2010), The Birth of the State. The First Civilisations of the Old World (2011), and Wenceslas, Duke of the Czechs (2011).
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