Glass rings from Brno and the questions of early medieval glass production in Moravia

This article focuses on the finds of glass rings from medieval Moravia. While finds from graves dominated earlier; finds from agglomerations of some large administrative strongholds prevail significantly today thanks to rescue excavations. As glass rings occur primarily in Poland and in the Kievan Rigs area, they were regarded as being imports in Moravia. However, a further two find sites have recently been discovered, where the production of glass rings is thought to have taken place. The article looks at the current state of knowledge of glass production and the assortment utilised in Moravia in the 11th to 12th centuries.