The Birth of the Czech State
E-book, Czech
The Birth of the Czech State
A look at the earliest history of the Czech state by a renowned historian
In his book, historian and archaeologist Petr Charvát gives a comprehensive picture of the emergence 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 princely power under Břetislav I. The author places the development of the Slavic population in our territory in a broader European context, but also points to numerous influences and stimuli coming from non-European cultures. The focus is not only on political developments, but also on economic relations or 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. His professional interests include archaeology and the history of the Orient, as well as older Czech history. In 1968-1973 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University, majoring in cuneiform - archaeology. He then worked at the Institute of Archaeology of the Czechoslovak Archaeological Academy and in 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 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 Call of the Muezzin: Czech Lands and the Arab World in the Older Middle Ages (2010), The Birth of the State. Primitive Civilization of the Old World (2011) and Václav, Prince of Bohemia (2011).
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