Medieval Rus’ and Early Modern Russia - Texts and Contexts

Research on the East Slavs in the medieval period has considerably changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. This is important work, providing a much-needed counterbalance to studies of western Europe in the period, which has been the main focus of study, with the lands of the East Slavs relatively neglected.

List of contents

Section I: Use of Byzantine models and sources

1. Leo VI and the Transformation of Byzantine Strategic Thinking about the Rus'


2. Who Was 'Theodore the Rhos from a Family of Emperors', the Owner of the Stone from the Holy Sepulchre?


3. Cosmos, Calendars and Medical Advice in the Miscellanies of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius and their Late Byzantine Counterparts (14th-early 16th centuries)


4. Holy Foolishness and Gender Transgression in Russian Hagiography from the Middle Ages to Modernity
Section II: Historiography and Construction of Historical Narratives


5. Some Unnoticed Greek Quotes in Old Russian Chronicles


6. Retranslating the Rus¿ Primary Chronicle: Perspectives on Horace Lunt's New Rendering


7. Two emperors of the princess Olga's visit to Constantinople: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos versus John Tzimiskes in the copies of the Rus' Primary Chronicle


8. Patriarch Germanus II of Constantinople and the Slavic world


9. Thoughtful Agglomeration: Late Byzantine Sources for Muscovite Ceremonial


10. Boris Godunov and his family in the mirror of medieval Russian polyonymy
Section III: Material Supports of Written Texts


11. "I must be cruel only to be kind": towards a literary history of Kyiv graffito No. 108


12. Muscovite Acquisition of Books from Poland in the Late 1640s-Early 1650s


13. The Codex in Early Rus' between the 11th-15th centuries: variations of form and variations of function
Section IV: Social Repercussions of the Graphosphere


14. Sofiia Vitovtovna's Dance: The Wedding of Vasilii II in Russian Cultural Memory


15. Revolution in the Pictosphere: The Ukrainian Baroque and Muscovite Reception

About the author

Susana Torres Prieto is an Associate Professor of Humanities at IE University, Madrid/Segovia
Andrei Franklin is a freelance researcher, proofreader and translator

Summary

Research on the East Slavs in the medieval period has considerably changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. This is important work, providing a much-needed counterbalance to studies of western Europe in the period, which has been the main focus of study, with the lands of the East Slavs relatively neglected.

Product details

• Assisted by: Andrei Franklin (Editor), Susana Torres Prieto (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032187860
• ISBN: 978-1-032-18786-0
• No. of pages: 252
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, Russia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Social research & statistics, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Social research and statistics, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General