Mikhailova Property, Power, and Authority in Rus and Latin Europe, ca. 1000–1236

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-942401-49-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten

Reihe: Beyond Medieval Europe

This book intertwines two themes in medieval studies, which so far have never been brought together: comparative studies of Latin and Orthodox Europe and a debate on the "feudal revolution" – the changes that occurred during the transition from Carolingian to post-Carolingian Europe. The book broadens the linguistic and geographical scope of the debate by comparing texts written in "learned" and "vulgar" Latin, Church Slavonic, Anglo-Norman, and East Slavonic, the vernacular of Kievan Rus. From this comparison, the Kingdom of the Rus' – a terra incognita for most medievalists, generally assumed to be profoundly different from the West –emerges as a regional variation of European society. In particular, the finding that contractual relations, traditionally described in scholarly literature as "feudo-vassalic," were present in the Kingdom of the Rus suggests that current explanations for the origins of such relations may overemphasize factors unique to the medieval West and overlook deeper pan-European processes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mikhailova, Yulia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction1. Rus and Latin Europe: Words, Concepts, and Phenomena2. Medieval Texts and Professional Belief Systems: Latin, Church Slavonic, and Vernacular Political Narratives3. Elite Domination in Rus' and Latin Europe: Princely Power and Banal Lordship4. Interprincely Agreement and a Question of Feudo-Vassalic Relations 5. ConclusionsBibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Mikhailova Yulia:
Yulia Mikhailova holds a PhD in Medieval History from the University of New Mexico.