Lately, some people have tried to prove that the Slavs have never played a fundamental role in the shaping of the spiritual life of Europe. That Slavdom hasn’t even factored into the vitality and humanity of Europe, for such merit, and that all praise therefore, belongs solely to the Romance and Germanic nations, to whom the Slavs, they assert, are but some simple, incidental element following in their footsteps. That such and other similar expressions have no basis in fact, is, I believe, completely clear to anyone who should inspect the course of European history with objective, non-partisan eye. Now, facts speak louder than such words, which we, relying on historical truth, boldly call blatant inventions. The aim of this present essay is to highlight, effectively and briefly, the pertin
