The one gentleman that did respond to these questions was posed with another set of introductory questions.
I was hoping that I could explore this topic in depth with this PhD, but he never responded to the questions put forth above.
Why do you think Slavic writers in the 1500s and 1600s (e.g. Vinko Pribojevic, Mauro Orbini) espoused the theory that Slavic originated in the Balkans? I'm not looking for an answer in the sense that both men were Pan-Slavists or propagandists. Or why they are wrong from a technical or scholarly argument. What I would like to know is why this tradition (if I may call it that) exists among northern Slavs that Slavic originated in the Balkans?
Do you think it strange if northern Slavs brought Slavic to the Balkans, that tradition (again, if I may use that word) would exist among northern Slavic writers that Slavic originated in the Balkans?
Thank you again,
Do you think it strange if northern Slavs brought Slavic to the Balkans, that tradition (again, if I may use that word) would exist among northern Slavic writers that Slavic originated in the Balkans?
Thank you again,
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