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...
An overriding assumption has long directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus' in the tenth through twelfth centuries...
Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe provides imagined biographies of twenty figures from all walks of life living in Eastern Europe from 800 to 1250. The book utilises the existing source base, as well as comparative material from other places and times to create the biographies. The figures portrayed are from a range of backgrounds from key players such as Bolesław I, king of Poland, Anna Komnene a Byzantine princess and historian, and Subodei, the Mongol general, to everyday figures such as a Viking explorer in Rus', a woman from Novgorod, a Jewish traveler, and a Rus'...
Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe provides imagined biographies of twenty figures from all walks of life living in Eastern Europe from ...
Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe provides imagined biographies of twenty figures from all walks of life living in Eastern Europe from 800 to 1250. The book utilises the existing source base, as well as comparative material from other places and times to create the biographies. The figures portrayed are from a range of backgrounds from key players such as Bolesław I, king of Poland, Anna Komnene a Byzantine princess and historian, and Subodei, the Mongol general, to everyday figures such as a Viking explorer in Rus', a woman from Novgorod, a Jewish traveler, and a Rus'...
Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe provides imagined biographies of twenty figures from all walks of life living in Eastern Europe from ...
As scholarship continues to expand the idea of medieval Europe beyond 'the West, ' the Rus' remain the final frontier relegated to the European periphery. The Kingdom of Rus' challenges the perception of Rus' as an eastern 'other' - advancing the idea of the Rus' as a kingdom deeply integrated with medieval Europe, through an innovative analysis of medieval titles. Examining a wide range of medieval sources, this book exposes the common practice in scholarship of referring to Rusian rulers as princes as a relic of early modern attempts to diminish the Rus'. Not only was Rus' part and parcel...
As scholarship continues to expand the idea of medieval Europe beyond 'the West, ' the Rus' remain the final frontier relegated to the European periph...
This study examines conflict and conflict resolution in medieval Eastern Europe. The author argues that the posturing, limited violence, and shifting alliances within kinship networks often determined the outcome of conflicts in the region, without extensive bloodshed or large-scale warfare.
This study examines conflict and conflict resolution in medieval Eastern Europe. The author argues that the posturing, limited violence, and shifting ...
