This accessible and engaging book covers the full span of Serbia’s history, from the sixth-century
Slav migrations up to the present day. It traces key developments surrounding the medieval and
modern polities associated with Serbs, revealing a fascinating history of entanglements and
communication between southeastern and wider Europe, sometimes with global implications. This
is a history of Serb states, institutions, and societies, which also gives voice to individual
experiences in an attempt to understand how the events described impacted the people who lived
through them. Although no real continuity between the pre-modern and modern periods exists,
Dejan Djokic draws out several common themes, including: migrations; the Serbs’ relations with
neighbouring empires and peoples; Serbia as a society formed in the imperial borderlands; and the
polycentricity of Serbia. The volume also highlights the surprising vitality of Serb identity, and how
it has survived in different incarnations over the centuries through reinvention.
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