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The birth of a stereotype : Polish rulers and their country in German writings, c. 1000 A.D. /
In early Medieval Western Europe intellectuals were used to indicate the external location of Slavic countries, as though outside civilization, with the term the North. The problem did not only concern nomenclature. The stereotype associated with the North pointed at the obvious cold weather, but al...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ;
v. 15. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In early Medieval Western Europe intellectuals were used to indicate the external location of Slavic countries, as though outside civilization, with the term the North. The problem did not only concern nomenclature. The stereotype associated with the North pointed at the obvious cold weather, but also the primeval nature of the land and people. This study shows the detailed image of Poland created by German authors in the earliest period of existence of the Piast state (963-1034). An important aim of this work was also to identify the wider context of written opinions. Another purpose was to g. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 352 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004205642 9004205640 1283160765 9781283160766 |
| ISSN: | 1872-8103 ; |