The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus

The first major study of the relationship between liturgy and historiography in early medieval Rus.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Liturgy and history in Early Rus; 2. The Rus Primary Chronicle; 3. Vespers at the Kiev Monastery of the Caves; 4. The dayspring before the sun: Princess Olga of Kiev; 5. A new Constantine in the North: Prince Vladimir and the Baptism of Rus; 6. A rational sacrifice: the martyrdom of Princes Boris and Gleb; Conclusion: the making of royal saints in Early Rus.

About the author

Sean Griffin is a junior fellow in the Society of Fellows at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. His interdisciplinary research focuses on both the most ancient and the most recent periods of Russian and Ukrainian history. He has previously been a Visiting Professor at Stanford University and was a VolkswagenStiftung fellow at Westfälische Wilhems-Universität in Münster, Germany from 2016 to 2017.

Summary

The first major study of the relationship between liturgy and historiography in early medieval Rus.

Product details

• Authors: Sean Griffin, Griffin Sean, Griffin Sean Griffin
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781108814843
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81484-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 425 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Medieval History, Historiography, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals, European history: medieval period, middle ages, 11th century, c 1000 to c 1099, Prayers and liturgical material, 12th century, c 1100 to c 1199, Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches