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This book documents developments in the countries of eastern Europe, including the rise of authoritarian tendencies in Russia and Belarus, as well as the victory of the democratic 'Orange Revolution' in Ukraine, and poses important questions about the origins of the East Slavic nations and the essential similarities or differences between their cultures. It traces the origins of the modern Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nations by focusing on pre-modern forms of group identity among the Eastern Slavs. It also challenges attempts to 'nationalize' the Rus' past on behalf of existing national projects, laying the groundwork for understanding of the pre-modern history of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The book covers the period from the Christianization of Kyivan Rus' in the tenth century to the reign of Peter I and his eighteenth-century successors, by which time the idea of nationalism had begun to influence the thinking of East Slavic elites.

Slavs, Eastern --- Ethnic identity. --- History. --- Origin. --- Religion. --- Europe, Eastern --- Slavic countries --- Kievan Rus --- East Slavs --- Eastern Slavs --- Kyivan Rus --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Slaves --- Russie --- Ukraine --- Histoire

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In The Nature and the Image of Princely Power in Kievan Rus', 980-1054 , Walter K. Hanak offers a critical analysis of the annalistic, literary, and other works that provide rich if conflicting and contradictory information on the nature of princely power and their image or literary representations. The primary sources demonstrate an interaction between the reality and the notions concerning princely power and how this power generates an image of itself. The author also analyses the textual incongruities that appear to be a reflection of a number of currents -- Byzantine, Varangian, Khazar, and Eastern Slavic. The secondary sources provide a variety of interpretations, which Hanak seeks to uphold and dispute. His stress, however, is to view this evidence in the light of a newly Christianized state and the launching of a maturative process in its early history.

Princes --- Royalty --- Courts and courtiers --- Kievan Rus --- Ukraine --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- History --- Kings and rulers. --- Sources. --- Russie kiévienne --- Histoire --- Rois et souverains --- Sources --- Kyivan Rus --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ

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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.

Christianity --- Religions --- Church history --- Europe --- Kievan Rus --- Ukraine --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Byzantine Empire --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- Relations --- Civilization --- Byzantine influences. --- History --- Kyivan Rus --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ

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Although new histories of Russia, often reflecting the author's cultural slant, appear regularly, there is a dearth of books that explain the Russian perspective. This work takes the opposite approach by acquainting readers with some of the foremost ideas in Russian cultural history. This book contains twelve color photographs and sixteen black and white photographs.

Kievan Rus -- Civilization. --- Kievan Rus -- Intellectual life. --- Russia -- Civilization. --- Russia -- Intellectual life. --- Russia (Federation) -- Civilization. --- Russia (Federation) -- Intellectual life. --- Russian literature -- History and criticism. --- Soviet Union -- Civilization. --- Soviet Union -- Intellectual life. --- Russian literature --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Russia & Former Soviet Republics --- History and criticism --- Kievan Rus --- Russia --- Soviet Union --- Russia (Federation) --- Intellectual life. --- Civilization. --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- Intellectual life --- Kyivan Rus' --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ

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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 Russian rulers as princes as a relic of early modern attempts to diminish the Rus'. Not only was Rus' part and parcel of medieval Europe, but in the eleventh and twelfth centuries Rus' was the largest kingdom in Christendom.

Nobility --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility --- Kievan Rus --- Europe --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Kings and rulers --- History. --- Relations --- Kiev. --- Kingship. --- Medieval Europe. --- Rus'. --- Russia. --- Kyivan Rus --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ