Petr Charvát (doc. PhDr. DrSc., 1980) is Associate Professor of Near eastern Studies at the University of West Bohemia in Plzen (Pilsen). He is the author of Long-distance trade in early medieval Europe (in Czech, Brno: FFUK 1998), and Birth of the Bohemian state (in Czech, Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007), of which the present book is a substantially re-worked and enlarged version, translated into English.

• Foreword ... viiList of Illustrations ... xiList of Color Illustrations ... xviiChapter 1. The Seventh-Century: Before The Gates of Europe ...1Chapter 2. The Eighth-Century: Let This Be Our Homeland ...55Chapter 3. The Ninth-Century: From Here to Eternity? ...93Chapter 4. The ‘Long Tenth-Century’: The Point of No Return ...137Postscript ...207Reference List of Sources and Literature for Further Study ...209Register ...229

Petr Charvát (doc. PhDr. DrSc., 1980) is Associate Professor of Near eastern Studies at the University of West Bohemia in Plzen (Pilsen). He is the author of Long-distance trade in early medieval Europe (in Czech, Brno: FFUK 1998), and Birth of the Bohemian state (in Czech, Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007), of which the present book is a substantially re-worked and enlarged version, translated into English.

• Foreword ... viiList of Illustrations ... xiList of Color Illustrations ... xviiChapter 1. The Seventh-Century: Before The Gates of Europe ...1Chapter 2. The Eighth-Century: Let This Be Our Homeland ...55Chapter 3. The Ninth-Century: From Here to Eternity? ...93Chapter 4. The ‘Long Tenth-Century’: The Point of No Return ...137Postscript ...207Reference List of Sources and Literature for Further Study ...209Register ...229

Petr Charvát (doc. PhDr. DrSc., 1980) is Associate Professor of Near eastern Studies at the University of West Bohemia in Plzen (Pilsen). He is the author of Long-distance trade in early medieval Europe (in Czech, Brno: FFUK 1998), and Birth of the Bohemian state (in Czech, Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007), of which the present book is a substantially re-worked and enlarged version, translated into English.

• Foreword ... viiList of Illustrations ... xiList of Color Illustrations ... xviiChapter 1. The Seventh-Century: Before The Gates of Europe ...1Chapter 2. The Eighth-Century: Let This Be Our Homeland ...55Chapter 3. The Ninth-Century: From Here to Eternity? ...93Chapter 4. The ‘Long Tenth-Century’: The Point of No Return ...137Postscript ...207Reference List of Sources and Literature for Further Study ...209Register ...229