Reimagining Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reimagining Europe write by Christian Raffensperger. This book was released on 2012-03-12. Reimagining Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Main description: An overriding assumption has long directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus' in the tenth through twelfth centuries was part of a Byzantine commonwealth separate from Europe. Christian Raffensperger refutes this conception and offers a new frame for two hundred years of history, one in which Rus' is understood as part of medieval Europe and East is not so neatly divided from West. With the aid of Latin sources, the author brings to light the considerable political, religious, marital, and economic ties among European kingdoms, including Rus', restoring a historical record rendered blank by Rusianmonastic chroniclers as well as modern scholars ideologically motivated to build barriers between East and West. Further, Raffensperger revises the concept of a Byzantine Commonwealth that stood in opposition to Europe-and under which Rus' was subsumed-toward that of a Byzantine Ideal esteemed and emulated by all the states of Europe. In this new context, appropriation of Byzantine customs, law, coinage, art, and architecture in both Rus' and Europe can be understood as an attempt to gain legitimacy and prestige by association with the surviving remnant of the Roman Empire. Reimagining Europe initiates an expansion of history that is sure to challenge ideas of Russian exceptionalism and influence the course of European medieval studies.
Kievan Russia
Kievan Russia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kievan Russia write by George Vernadsky. This book was released on 1973-01-01. Kievan Russia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looks at the history of Russia during the Kievan period, from 862 to 1237.
Russian History: A Very Short Introduction
Russian History: A Very Short Introduction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Russian History: A Very Short Introduction write by Geoffrey Hosking. This book was released on 2012-03-29. Russian History: A Very Short Introduction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A leading international authority discusses all aspects of Russian history, from the struggle by the state to control society to the transformation of the nation into a multi-ethnic empire, Russia's relations with the West and the post-Soviet era. Original.
The Hagiography of Kievan Rusʹ
The Hagiography of Kievan Rusʹ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hagiography of Kievan Rusʹ write by Paul Hollingsworth. This book was released on 1992. The Hagiography of Kievan Rusʹ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Among the finest products of early Ukrainian literature were the Lives of the first Rus' saints. Hollingsworth provides a lucid introduction that discusses each saint and his or her cult in the historical as well as social contexts and examines the literary and textual features of the Rus' vitae.
Medieval Russia, 980-1584
Medieval Russia, 980-1584 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medieval Russia, 980-1584 write by Janet Martin. This book was released on 1995-12-07. Medieval Russia, 980-1584 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a concise and comprehensive narrative history of Russia from 980 to 1584. It covers the history of the realm of the Riurikid dynasty from the reign of Vladimir 1 the Saint, through to the reign of Ivan the Terrible, who sealed the end of his dynasty's rule. Presenting developments in social and economic areas, as well as in political history, foreign relations, religion and culture, Medieval Russia, 980-1584 breaks away from the traditional view of Old Russia as a static, immutable culture, and emphasises the 'dynamic' and changing qualities of Russian society. Janet Martin develops clear lines of argument that lead to conclusions concerning how and why the states and society of the lands of the Rus' assumed the forms and characteristics that they did. Broadly accessible with informative and provocative interpretations, this book provides an up-to-date analysis of medieval Russia.
