Slavs in the early medieval South Pannonia

Abstract

U radu se na temelju pisane i arheološke građe te relevantne historiografske literature pruža sustavna analiza svjedočanstava o ranoj nazočnosti slavenskog etnija u južnoj Panoniji u ranom srednjem vijeku, od prvih mogućih naznaka slavenske prisutnosti u srednjem Podunavlju u 5. stoljeću do vremena karolinškog prodora i sloma Avarskog Kaganata potkraj 8. i početkom 9. stoljeća. Obrađuje se i pitanje slavenske etnogeneze i avarske uloge u širenju Slavena u južnoj Panoniji.Based on written and archaeological materials, as well as relevant historiographic literature, the paper provides a systematic analysis of testimonies about the early presence of the Slavic ethnicity in South Pannonia in the early medieval period, from the first indications of Slavic presence in the Slavonian Danube Valley until the times of Carolingian incursion and the fall of the Avar Khaganate. It also addresses the issue of Slavic ethnogenesis and the role of the Avars in Slavic expansion in South Pannonia