Bohemians (tribe)

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The Bohemians (

Latin: Behemanni) or Bohemian Slavs (Bohemos Slavos, Boemanos Sclavos), were an early Slavic tribe in Bohemia (modern Czech Republic). Their land became recognized as the Duchy of Bohemia
around 870.

Bohemian tribes shown in various colors and Moravians in red, on a map of modern Czech Republic
Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire

History

The Slavs arrived in Bohemia in the 6th century after it having been vacated by the westward movement of

Avars until the coming of Samo.[1]

In 805, Charles the Younger, the son of Charlemagne, was sent to fight the Bohemians, who were ruled by Lech.[2]

The late 9th-century

civitates.[3]

Aftermath

Bořivoj was the first historically documented Duke of Bohemia from about 870 and progenitor of the Přemyslid dynasty.[4]

Saint Ludmila, reign of the three Boleslavs, the life of Saint Adalbert
and bloody wars after year 1000.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dušan Třeštík (1997). Počátky Přemyslovců: vstup Čechů do dějin, 530-935. Lidové noviny.
  2. ^ Královská Česká Společnost Nauk (1865). Abhandlungen der Königl. Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften: Auf das Jahr..., nebst der Geschichte derselben. pp. 13–.
  3. ^ Hermenegild Jireček; Ritter Hermenegild Jireček von Samokov (1863). Slovanské právo v Čechách a na Moravě. Sklad K. Bellmanna. pp. 36–. A Zemèpisec bavorsky (866 — 890) takto radi sousedy: Beheimare, in qua sunt civitates XV
  4. .