Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250

"...[T]his survey of medieval history presents a cohesive view of the historical issues within the framework of a narrative history while applying innovative research...an excellent introduction to both the history and the historiography of this geographically and qualitatively diverse region..."
-Edward McCormick Schoolman, Comitatus

"Curta offers a fresh, engaging, and thoughtful synthesis of value both for beginners and for scholars with advanced knowledge of other parts of Europe. A true interdisciplinary scholar with expert knowledge of the archaeology and history of the region, he deploys anthropological and sociological approaches to extract every single bit of meaning from all the data currently available. Besides citing all relevant sources and literature in the region's vernaculars, his references to publications and translations in Western languages will be quite useful for those taking their first steps in learning about the area."
-Kiril Petrov, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Journal of Medieval Studies

"Suffice it to say that this work is a comprehensive study that brings the English-speaking reader much of what has been accumulated in the field of Balkan, or Southeast-European studies by several generations of scholars."
-Liliana Simeonova, Sixteenth Century Journal