Week 6

 Conversion to Christianity

The mission of Cyril and Methodius to Moravia
  • Life of Constantine
  • Petkov 48-54
  • Henrik Birnbaum, "The Lives of Sts. Constantine-Cyril and Methodius viewed against the background of Byzantine and early Slavic hagiography," in To Hellenikon. Studies in Honor of Speros Vryonis, Jr., ed. by Jelisaveta Stanojevich Allen, Christos P. Ioannides, John S. Langdon, and Stephen W. Reinert, vol. 2 (New Rochelle, 1993), pp. 3-23 (Pack)
  • see a brief presentation, a facsimile (sample copy), and an acoustic reconstruction of the Freising Manuscripts
  • see an introduction to the Glagolitic script
Prince Boris and the conversion of Bulgaria