The origins of Christianity in Slavonic countries north of the Middle Danube Basin
Josef Poulík
Abstract According to written sources, Christianity had come the Slavs in Great Moravian State already before arrival, A.D. 863, of Byzantine mission led by Constantine and Methodius. The foundations stone‐built churches, excavated at fortified centres since 1949, show various types sacral architecture, some them unique form (e.g. two‐apse rotunda or with four conchae, both discovered Mikulčice). origins these church forms may be sought West Bavaria), Adriatic regions (the Aquileian Patriarchate), Low Danube Basin. hypothesis Insular influence Modrá) has not been generally accepted. Neither plan shows typical elements architecture. problem presumed centre Moravia ninth century yet solved three‐nave basilica Mikulčice, complex Uherské Hradišste‐Sady?). collapsed beginning tenth churches were destroyed, their failing survive following centuries.
World Archaeology