The Kingdom of Rus'

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-942401-31-5
Verlag: ARC Humanities Press

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 116 mm x 175 mm, Gewicht: 113 g

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 Rusian 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Raffensperger, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Timeline of Events

Introduction: The Problem with Names

The Place of Rus' in Europe

The Historiography of the Translation of Kniaz'

Titulature and Medieval Rulers

What was a Kniaz'?

Medieval Titulature and Rus'

Titles for Other Medieval Rulers in Rusian Sources

Conclusion: Consequences and Resolution

Further Reading

Über Autor(innen)

Raffensperger, Christian
Christian Raffensperger is Associate Professor of History at Wittenberg University, Associate at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, and Director of the Premodern and Ancient World Studies Program.