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The formation of a new type of medieval elite on the eastern frontier of the Frankish Empire : the Great Moravian case from an archaeological perspective
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| Year of publication | 2026 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | In Moravia (the eastern part of what is now the Czech Republic), a part of barbarian Europe, a large and solid-state formation emerged towards the end of the first millennium – at least according to British historian Peter Heather, who believes that “. . . Moravia saw the fastest moving game of Pass the Eastern European Parcel”. With their military retinues and other followers, new rulers gained power and began to govern the land. 1 During this “game”, the former ranked tribal society was replaced by a hierarchically structured, closed society in which a noble class with birthrights had emerged. |
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