Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023)
Ethnogenesis at the Balkans II

Early Medieval Serbs in the Balkans: Reconsideration of the Evidence

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  • Danijel Džino
Danijel Džino
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47074/HSCE.2023-1.01

Published 31-07-2023

Keywords

  • Serbs; Balkans; early medieval; migration; medieval ethnography

How to Cite

Džino, Danijel. 2023. “Early Medieval Serbs in the Balkans: Reconsideration of the Evidence”. Historical Studies on Central Europe 3 (1):4-25. https://doi.org/10.47074/HSCE.2023-1.01.

Copyright (c) 2023 Danijel Džino

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Abstract

This paper discusses the problem of the appearance of the Serb ethnonym in the Balkans, as evidenced in the ninth-century Frankish Royal Annals and the mid-tenth-century Byzantine treaty De Administrando Imperio. Written evidence is analysed together with available archaeological information in order to criticize currently dominating ideas concerning the Serb migration in the seventh century, as well as to offer different perspectives on the origins of the early medieval Serb ethnonym in the Balkans.

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