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The Tradition of Medieval Slavdom: New Interpretations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2016

Oscar Halecki*
Affiliation:
Fordham University

Extract

Concluding his recent survey of the rise and crisis of medieval Slavdom, Francis Dvornik has rightly stressed that ‘it is the conserved memory of their storied past that has always inspired the Slavs in their ever-recurring struggles for freedom, and it will never fail to have significance for them.’

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