第一章 希羅維亞史詩 第一節 希羅維亞人的誕生 1239年10月18日，拔都汗率領蒙古大軍攻佔切爾尼戈夫，塞韋里亞文化中心淪陷。切爾尼戈夫公爵米茲斯拉夫三世慌忙出逃基輔。 蒙古鐵騎馬不停蹄，橫掃東歐，於1240年12月6日攻陷基輔，基輔羅斯滅亡。蒙古稱霸東歐後，包括塞韋里亞人的多支羅斯民族迫於蒙古淫威稱臣納貢，羅斯地區自此進入後世所謂的「蒙古—韃靼枷鎖時期」。 此前曾經繁盛一時的都城亦陷入長期混亂，不復昔日榮光。由於缺乏本地精英的統治，塞韋里亞人迅速回歸到零散及自治的狀態。 不甘屈服的塞韋里亞部落，在往後數十年以軟性方式對抗外族統治：時而與蒙古統治者合作，時而與其作對，更爆發零星衝突。對內方面，塞韋里亞人則堅守其母語及文化，代代傳承。 使用母語以及捍衛塞韋里亞傳統，被族人視為隱蔽的反叛以及分辨敵我的方式；至十四世紀初，此已成為塞韋里亞各部之間的共識。 正因如此，塞韋里亞語能夠在時代的洪流中生存，民族的生命也不至於枯竭。後世將這段歷史稱為「希羅維亞第一次民族大覺醒」。因應上述事件，塞韋里亞本地文化逐漸得到重視並發揚光大，塞韋里亞人的語言隨之發生變化

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