Przybysław/Pribislav of Pomerania
Known in sources as: Pribisclavus, Pribizlavus. Prince in the years 1160-1179 Przybysław was a son of Niklot and brother of Warcisław and Przesław. Around the year 1145, he married Wojsława – a woman from...
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The 102-year War between Montenegro and Japan
Who would have thought? Montenegro, a tiny country in the Balkans, was officially at war with Japan until just recently — until 2006 to be precise. This is certainly not a joke and to...
Eric of Pomerania – Slavic king of Scandinavia who became “The Last Viking”.
Eric of Pomerania is by many historians and common Kashubians considered to be one of the most important rulers of Pomerania. The Griffins Dynasty gave many great sons, and Bogusław, known also as Eric of...
Slaves in Slavic Society (Slave trading in the medieval times)
Slavs were brutal and cruel warriors. However, the way they treated slaves was pretty “open-minded” for that time. The important thing to mention is that slave trading was very common in medieval times, so...
Slavs in Scandinavia Part 3 – Slavic Knights among Vikings
We suggest reading the previous article before this one: Slavs in Scandinavia, part 2 It is crucial to find out the nationality of Tyrker and Wyzdarwoda since they were non-Viking knights who joined the...
The Lechitic Languages – A Comparison of Living and Extinct Languages and Dialects (Part 1)
Origins of Lechitic people are described in The Chronicle of Nestor (12thcentury AD) where he speaks of the tribal split among north-western Slavs. He wrote that the Lechites settled over the Vistula river and...
Prince Niklot – Polabian Chronicles
Small note before we begin. In the times we write about – on the breaking point between the death of natural faiths and the rise of Christianity, there is something that may not...
What Affects Human Height? Why are Southern Slavs and Scandinavians So Tall?
Human height is controlled by multiple genes and environmental factors. Many studies have estimated the heritability of human height, and we also know it to be true from our everyday experience – the children...
The Battle of Kosovo (1389): Circumstances and Tactical Analysis
The Battle of Kosovo took place on the 15 June (Julian calendar) in 1389 between the army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, and the invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the...
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