Foreword To The Past
A Cultural History of the Baltic People
Endre Bojtár, Institute of the Literary Studies
of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
"Bojtár's colleagues in comparative and Baltic philology
will greet the volume with appreciation, and perhaps
slight envy as well."
- Transition
"It will supersede all that has been written in
English on the roots of Lithuanian, Latvian and Old
Prussian ethnicity, culture and religion" - The
English Historical Review
"[This book] will aid future scholars working
in the field." - Slavonic and East European
Review
Over time at least four meanings have been attributed
to the term 'Baltic' - drawing on thirty years of extensive
research, Foreword to the Past is the first modern introduction
to the enigma of the Baltic origins and the self-identification
of the Baltic people.
The book is divided into three distinctive parts: the
first part recounts the history of the Baltic peoples
relying on archaeological sources; the second part provides
an objective linguistic history and a description of
the Baltic languages; the third part provides an original
and fresh insight into mythology in the ancient history
of the Baltic peoples.
With its helpful maps and figures, Foreword to the
Past is an un-paralleled and original cultural exploration
of the Baltic people.
2000
350 pages
ISBN 978-963-9116-42-9 cloth $49.95 / €42.95 /
£31.95
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