The Kingdom of Rus'

Christian Raffensperger

Published by ARC Humanities Press 2017

The Kingdom of Rus'

Christian Raffensperger

In the series Past Imperfect

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781942401322

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About this book

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.

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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.

Reviews

Erica Steiner:

The importance of this book cannot be overstated, and The Kingdom of the Rus’ ought to be on the reading list of anyone seeking to understand not just medieval Rusian history, but European medieval history in general.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Timeline of Events Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction. The Problem with Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. The Place of Rus’ in Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 2. The Historiography of the Translation of Kniaz’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 3. Titulature and Medieval Rulers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter 4. What Was a Kniaz’? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter 5. Medieval Titulature and Rus’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 6. Titles for Other Medieval Rulers in Rusian Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Conclusion. Consequences and Resolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 112
Keywords: Medieval Europe; Russia; Kiev; Rus'; Kingship; Christendom; Eastern Europe

eBook

Published: August 31, 2017
ISBN: 9781942401322