Early Medieval Hum and Bosnia, ca. 450-1200

Beyond Myths

Danijel Džino (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-04792-8 (ISBN)

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This book explores social transformations which led to the establishment of medieval Hum (future Herzegovina) and Bosnia in the period from ca. 450 to 1200 AD using the available written and material sources. It follows social and political developments in these historical regions from the last centuries of Late Antiquity, through the social collapse of the seventh and eighth centuries, and into their new medieval beginnings in the ninth century. Fragmentary and problematic sources from this period were, in the past, often used to justify modern political claims to these contested territories and incorporate them into the ‘national biographies’ of the Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), or to support the ‘Yugoslavizing’ and other ideological discourses.

The book goes beyond ideological and national mythologemes of the past in order to provide a new historical narrative that brings more light to this region placed on the frontiers of both the medieval West and the Byzantine empire. It provides new views of the period between ca. 450 and 1200 for the parts of Western Balkans and Eastern Adriatic, brings the most recent local historical and archaeological research to the Anglophone readership and contributes to the scholarship of the late antique and early medieval Mediterranean study of this very poorly known area.

The book is intended for academic audiences interested in history and archaeology of the Late Antiquity and early Middle Ages, but also to all those interested in the general history of Herzegovina, Bosnia, Dalmatia and the Balkans.

Danijel Džino is Senior Lecturer in Department of History and Archaeology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His publications include: From Justinian to Branimir: the making of the Middle Ages in Dalmatia (2021), Becoming Slav, Becoming Croat: Identity Transformations in Post-Roman Dalmatia (2010) and Illyricum in Roman Politics, 229BC-AD 68 (2010).

Introduction / 1 Setting the stage / 2 (A long overdue) essay on historiography and archaeology of late antique and early medieval Hum and Bosnia / 3 The Prelude: Making of imperial society / 4 ‘Long’ Sixth century (ca. 450-630) / 5 The Dark Age Interlude (ca. 630-800) / 6 "The Force Awakens": The Ninth Century / 7 The Lords of Hum / 8 "Good ol’ days of ban Kulin": The birth of Bosnia / Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	17.07.2023
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Medieval History and Culture
Zusatzinfo	13 Line drawings, black and white; 17 Halftones, black and white; 30 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	684 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-04792-5 / 1032047925
ISBN-13	978-1-032-04792-8 / 9781032047928
Zustand	Neuware