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Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa presents the original texts as well as English translations of all known medieval sources that inform us about the religion practiced by the Slavs before their Christianization. Since the Slavs did not have a written culture before their conversion to Christianity, all the texts were authored by people who were involved in this long process or in contact with the Slavs. For this reason, the texts come from a lengthy period from the ninth to the fifteenth century. Since the texts were originally written in seven different ancient languages, the present book is the result of the work of a large team of specialists.
Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa, Ph.D. (1984), University of Oviedo, Spain, is Professor of Indo-European Linguistics at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has published monographs and articles on Medieval Slavistics and on other ancient Indo-European languages.
Contributors are Matilde Casas Olea, M.ª Pilar Fernández Álvarez, Inés García de la Puente, Enrique Gutiérrez Rubio, Eugenio R. Luján Martínez, Teodoro Manrique Antón, Julia Mendoza Tuñón, Aránzazu Minguet Burgos, Sandra Romano Martín, Enrique Santos Marinas.
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Introduction
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Texts in Greek Eugenio E. Luján Martínez
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Texts in Latin Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa Núñez, Julia Mendoza Tuñón and Sandra Romano Martín
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Texts in South Old Church Slavonic Enrique Santos Marinas
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Texts in East Old Church Slavonic Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa Núñez, Matilde Casas Olea, Inés García de la Puente and Enrique Santos Marinas
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Texts in West Slavic: Medieval Czech Enrique Gutiérrez Rubio
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Texts in Old Icelandic Pilar Fernández Álvarez and Teodoro Manrique Antón
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Texts in Arabic Aránzazu Minguet Burgos
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Doubtful Texts Matilde Casas Olea, Inés García de la Puente, Eugenio R. Luján Martínez, Julia Mendoza Tuñón, Sandra Romano Martín and Enrique Santos Marinas
References Thematic Index
All interested in religion of the Slavs, history of the religions of Medieval Europe and Indo-European religions in general.