THE FALL OF ARKONE - the subject is the ruin and destruction of the advanced and rich area of the island of Rugen / Rujan, which is today marked as the northernmost point of Germany, in the Baltic, near the coast of Denmark and which, being pagan and inhabited by Western Slavs (Wends), disappeared in the Crusades. a war undertaken in the second half of the twelfth century by the Danes under King Waldemar and Bishop Absalon and by the Saxons under King Henry. On that occasion, the temples dedicated to the gods Svetovid, Rujevit, Porevita, Poren, Crnoglav, Pizamara, Baba were destroyed, after which the Slavic population was forcibly Christianized.
We follow the story of these events - but also the life of the Slavs from the 7th to the end of the 12th century - through the testimonies of chroniclers and travel writers of Frankish, German, Icelandic, Danish, Jewish and Arab origin:
Fredegar, Ibrahim ibn Jacob of Israel, Vidukind of Corway, Titmar, Eb and Herbord, Adam of Bremen, Helmold von Bozau, Saxon Grammar, Olafur Tordarson, al Masudi, as well as through interpretations and interpretations on the subject of Slavic religion and pagan establishment.
nowadays researchers of various scientific profiles (Rafaele Petaconi, Paul Grinder Hansen, Richard Stoney and the author of this book). THE FALL OF ARKONE can in many ways be considered the only book in our science of antiquities, and translations of medieval chronicles and travelogues appear for the first time in the Serbian language. The author
also, it establishes more important and well-argued important connections and acculturations between the religions of ancient India, Persia and our ancestors - the Slavs, than was the case in the previous literature with this topic.
The book is richly illustrated (29 black and white and 38 color illustrations).
We follow the story of these events - but also the life of the Slavs from the 7th to the end of the 12th century - through the testimonies of chroniclers and travel writers of Frankish, German, Icelandic, Danish, Jewish and Arab origin:
Fredegar, Ibrahim ibn Jacob of Israel, Vidukind of Corway, Titmar, Eb and Herbord, Adam of Bremen, Helmold von Bozau, Saxon Grammar, Olafur Tordarson, al Masudi, as well as through interpretations and interpretations on the subject of Slavic religion and pagan establishment.
nowadays researchers of various scientific profiles (Rafaele Petaconi, Paul Grinder Hansen, Richard Stoney and the author of this book). THE FALL OF ARKONE can in many ways be considered the only book in our science of antiquities, and translations of medieval chronicles and travelogues appear for the first time in the Serbian language. The author
also, it establishes more important and well-argued important connections and acculturations between the religions of ancient India, Persia and our ancestors - the Slavs, than was the case in the previous literature with this topic.
The book is richly illustrated (29 black and white and 38 color illustrations).
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