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Christianity --- Christianisme --- Kievan Rus --- Europe --- Russie kiévienne --- History --- Civilization --- Relations --- Histoire --- Civilisation --- Byzantine influences. --- Russie kiévienne --- Religions --- Church history --- Древняя Русь --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Киевская Русь --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Ruce --- Русь --- Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Rus' Kieviana --- Ukraine --- Byzantine Empire --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Київська Русь --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- 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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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
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Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe challenges the dominant paradigm of what rulership is and who rulers are by decentering the narrative and providing a broad swath of examples from throughout medieval Europe. Within that territory, the prevalent idea of monarchy and kingship is overturned in favor of a broad definition of rulership. This book will demonstrate to the reader that the way in which medieval Europe has been constructed in both the popular and scholarly imaginations is incorrect. Instead of a king we have multiple rulers, male and female, ruling concurrently. Instead of an independent church or a church striving for supremacy under the Gregorian Reform, we have a pope and ecclesiastical leaders making deals with secular rulers and an in-depth interconnection between the two. Finally, instead of a strong centralizing polity growing into statehood we see weak rulers working hand in glove with weak subordinates to make the polity as a whole function. Medievalists, Byzantinists, and Slavists typically operate in isolation from one another. They do not read each other's books, or engage with each other's work. This book requires engagement from all of them to point out that the medieval Europe that they work in is one and the same and demands collaboration to best understand it. --
Civilization, Medieval. --- Power (Social sciences) --- Pouvoir (sciences sociales) --- Politique et gouvernement --- Rois et souverains. --- History --- Europe --- Kings and rulers. --- Politics and government
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"This volume provides a collection of 'imagined lives'-individuals who, no matter their position on the social hierarchy, were crucial to the development of medieval Europe and the modern period that followed. Based on primary source materials and the latest historical research, these literary accounts of otherwise unsourced or under-sourced individuals are written by leading scholars in the field. The book's approach transcends the limitations of both historical narrative and literary fiction, offering a research-informed presentation of real people that is enriched by informed speculation and creative storytelling. This enriched presentation of the lives of these individuals offers the quickest route to understanding medieval culture, society, and intellectual thought. Crucially, the book treats the whole of Europe, broadly defined: both conventional areas of study such as England and France, and also lesser studied but no less important areas such as eastern Europe, Iberia, and the Balkans. The reader of Portraits of Medieval Europe encounters the diversity present in the European past: the resulting portraits-unique, personal, and engaging-offer not only a wide geographical scope, but also perspective on the formation of European society in its fullest form. This book is an accessible and engaging for students new to medieval history as well as those wishing to expand their knowledge of medieval society."
Middle Ages --- Civilization, Medieval --- Imaginary biography --- Europe --- History --- Social conditions --- History of Europe --- anno 800-1199 --- anno 1200-1499
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