Memory, State, and Past Remembering in East Central and Northern Europe: Interdisciplinary Studies in Medieval Culture - Hardcover

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Piotr Pranke is an assistant professor who deals with the history of medieval Scandinavia and Central and Eastern Europe, and is a member of the Faculty of Historical Sciences at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. His scientifc interests include the history of trade in the Viking era and the history of the Ottonian Empire and its infuence on the shaping of the areas of East Central and Northern Europe.

Lukasz Rózycki is Professor of History at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. His main research interests include the study of Roman and Byzantine theory of warfare, with a particular focus on military treatises.

Marcin Lisiecki is Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun; works at the Faculty of Humanities of the Nicolaus Copernicus University; his scientific interests focus, among others, on around popular culture, animated film and research on myths.

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Analysing the mechanisms that lead to the formation of early state forms, this book defines the role of gifts, religious belief systems, prestige, and reciprocity within segmentary and chiefdom societies in eastern Europe. Volume I explores the functioning of early medieval cultural phenomena, memory and power.