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'•'» t ’u? (1 BYZANTINE MISSIONS AMONG THE SLAVS SS. Constantine-Cyril and Methodius FRANCIS DVORNIK Foreword by Peter Charanis Rutgers Byzantine Series 524 pages, 19 Illustrations, 2 Plates of Plans, 2 Maps, 3 Appendices, Notes, Bib­ liography, Index ''Byzantium,” Francis Dvornik writes, "molded the undisciplined tribes of Serbs, Bulgars, Russians, and Croats, and made nations out of them; it gave to them its religion and institutions, taught their princes how to govern, transmitted to them the very principles of civilization — writ­ ing and literature.” In Byzantine Missions Among the Slavs, Dr. Dvornik re-examines Byzantium’s missionary role in Christianizing the Slavic nations, especially in the light of archaeo­ logical discoveries made in Moravia, Croatia, and Montenegro in the last two decades. He analyzes the architectural dis­ coveries, including a large number of Moravian stone churches closely related to prototypes in the Adriatic Latin regions, and the accompanying rich grave finds in silver and gold, produced in ninth-century Moravia and based on Byzantine and other foreign designs. His conclusion is that Christianization of the Croats began in the seventh century and was achieved, not by the Franks, as is generally believed, but by the priests living in the Latin cities on the Adriatic, part of Byzantine Dalmatia. The same conclusions may be drawn con­ cerning the Christianization of the Serbs. Moravia was Christianized both by Frank­ ish priests and by missionaries from Tstria and Byzantine Dalmatia. The major portion of Dr. Dvornik's study is devoted to the Byzantine mission to Moravia of SS. Constantine-Cyril and Methodius eleven hundred years ago. The principal goal of the mission was to in­ struct the native clergy in a new alphabet, invented by Constantine-Cyril, and in the (continued on back flap) ■n K UTGERS BYZANTINE SERIES PETER CHARANIS General Editor BYZANTINE MISSIONS AMONG THE SLAVS SS. Constantine-Cyril and Methodius FRANCIS DVORNIK K II I Ci li K S U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S te Hnunte'n / New Jersey Copyright © 1970 Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 78-75676 Manufactured in the United States o( America By Quinn & Boden Company, Inc ., Railway, N. ) sun: HI 35 061 ł I To John Seymour Thacher

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