The Slavs and the Old Prussians. Poland in the Early Medieval Period / Славяне и Древние Пруссы. Польша в период Раннего Средневековья.: In Polish historiography the Early Medieval Period covers the age from the time of emergence of Early Slav culture (5th/6th c.) until the incorporation of the first towns modelled on German town laws (mid-13th c.). Chronologically, the present paper c