Veneti, First Builders of European Community: Tracing the History and Language of the Early Ancestors of Slovenes

Jozko Savli, Matej Bor, Ivan Tomazic

ISBN 10: 0968123600 / ISBN 13: 9780968123607

Edité par Editiones Veneti, Anton Skerbinc, Austria, BC, Canada, 1996

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6 x 8 inches. 534 pages. Blue cover with gold script on front and spine. Inscription by the co-publisher Anton Skerbinc, along with date (2004) in ink on front endpaper. Near fine condition.

N° de réf. du vendeur 507224

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Veneti, First Builders of European Community: Tracing the History and Language of the Early Ancestors of Slovenes
• Éditeur: Editiones Veneti, Anton Skerbinc, Austria, BC, Canada
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0968123600
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780968123607
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

This book is the most comprehensive study of the early history of Slovenes, and is one of the few works to challenge the heavily flawed history writing of Central Europe. The three authors, Dr. Jožko Šavli, an economics professor; Matej Bor, a linguist, poet, dramatist; and Ivan Tomažič a Catholic priest, all natives of Slovenia, worked separately researching the history and language of their nation. Later they joined forces and in 1988 published their findings first in the German language, in 1989 in Slovene, in 1991 in Italian, and finally in 1996 in English. In the course of their research they discovered that the origin of Slovenes or Slovenians was shrouded in a number of improvised theories which had essentially no documentary or historical foundation, that these theories have been disseminated for nationalistic reasons by the dominant history schools of Central Europe since the middle of the last century, and have been accepted as the true account of the history of Slovenes. These makeshift theories were accepted by Slovenes themselves with very few exceptions. The book represents a long overdue effort to review the flawed historic image of Central Europe. One of the aims of this work is to draw attention to the need for unbiased and improved research methods. It has attracted considerable attention and recognition among scholars and laymen in Europe. It has also drawn sharp criticism from those who cannot accept the fact that they made wrong decisions in the area of historiography and linguistic and archaeological legacy. The authors have gathered an astonishing amount of material, creating an invaluable reference work which belongs in every public and private library and should be read by every student of history, particularly those interested in Central Europe and former Yugoslavia, and especially every person of Slovene descent.