Selpoli Explained

Group:	Selpoli
Regions:	Silesia (Poland)
Related Groups:	Lusatian tribes

The Selpoli was a West Slavic Lusatian tribe, that in the 10th and 11th centuries, inhabited the area to the east from Lusatian Neisse river.^{[1] [2]}

History

Selpoli was a West Slavic Lusatian tribe, that in the 10th and 11th centuries, inhabited the area to the east from Lusatian Neisse river. Between 936 and 940, together with other tribes, they rebelled against Saxons.^{[1] [2]}

The tribe was noted three times, in the Thietmar's Chronicle, an 11th-century chronicle written by Thietmar of Merseburg. They were noted before 963, in 990, and in 1008.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Lech Leciejewicz: Słowianie zachodni: Z dziejów tworzenia się średniowiecznej Europy. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1989, p. 62. ISBN 83-04-02690-2. (in Polish)
2. Lech Tyszkiewicz: Zachodni sąsiedzi plemion śląskich. In: Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka, issue 19. 1964. p. 3-17. (in Polish)