The Early Slavs

Eastern Europe from the Initial Settlement to the Kievan Rus. This text tackles the questions of who the first settlers were on the plains of Eastern Europe, when and where they came from, were their cultural identities distinguishable, and what kind of contact did they have with the West?. The history of the early Slavs is a subject of renewed interest and one which is highly controversial both politically and historically. This pioneering text reviews the latest archaelogical (and other) evidence concerning the first settlers, their cultural identities and their relationship with their modern successors. Dr Dolukhanov explores the various historiographical debates before offering his own interpretations.