The Illyrians - Rilegato

Wilkes, John J.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0631146717 ISBN 13: 9780631146711

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 1992

Riassunto

For more than a thousand years before the arrival of the Slavs in the sixth century AD, the lands between the Adriatic and the river Danube, now Yugoslavia and Albania, were the home of the peoples known to the ancient world as Illyrians. This book, now available in paperback, draws upon the considerable archaeological evidence that has become available since the Second World War to provide an account of the origins, culture, history and legacy of the Illyrians.

John Wilkes describes the geography of Illyria and surveys the region in the prehistoric, Greek, Roman and medieval periods. He discusses Illyrian art, material, culture, religion and customs. A chapter examines the Illyrian language, of which little trace survives, and its connection with other Indo-European languages. Professor Wilkes also scrutinizes the linguistic evidence for the Illyrians' relatedness to other peoples - Thracian, Italic, Greek and Celtic. He concludes with a discussion of a possible survival of an Illyrian native culture in the Roman and Byzantine periods.

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Recensione:

"This is splendid scholarship from which even mature scholars can learn much." Choice

L'autore:

John Wilkes has conducted excavations on Hadrian's Wall and in Scotland. He has travelled extensively in Eastern Europe, and is currently excavating Sparta.

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• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0631146717
• ISBN 13: 9780631146711
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 384