Procopius on the Religion of the Early Slavs: Comparison with Other Barbarians
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Result on the web
<a href="https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/sceranea/article/view/13159" target="_blank" >https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/sceranea/article/view/13159</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/2084-140X.11.09" target="_blank" >10.18778/2084-140X.11.09</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Procopius on the Religion of the Early Slavs: Comparison with Other Barbarians
Original language description
The works of Procopius of Caesarea are generally perceived as one of the earliest and main Byzantine sources on culture of the early Slavs. Its various passages have repeatedly become subject of numerous interpretations and hypotheses. The present article adopts a different approach to this material and compares the information on the religion of the Sclavenes and the Antes with the beliefs of other barbarian groups mentioned by Procopius. The study demonstrates that the sentences on early Slavic religion are rather unique in Procopius’s works especially in respect to the variety ofhis topics. Furthermore, the evidence indicates that the most similar elements in his descriptions of religious practices connect the early Slavs and the inhabitants of the island of Thule. This does not mean, however, that they were perceived as related by Procopius as there are no similarities in the description of other cultural specificities. The textual evidence nevertheless indicates that Procopius described the religious practices of these two groups in similar terms.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Studia Ceranea
ISSN
2084-140X
e-ISSN
2449-8378
Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2021
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
177-200
UT code for WoS article
000828164700009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85130179460