Foreword to The Past
A Cultural History of the Baltic People
9789639116429
440 pages
Amsterdam University Press
Overview
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.Author Bio
Endre Bojtár is Senior Research Associate of the Institute of Literary Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
