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Book Was Old Russia a Vassal State of Byzantium

Download or read book Was Old Russia a Vassal State of Byzantium written by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vasilʹev and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Byzantium and the Rise of Russia

Download or read book Byzantium and the Rise of Russia written by John Meyendorff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the role of Byzantine diplomacy in the emergence of Moscow in the fourteenth century.

Book The Beginnings of Russian History

Download or read book The Beginnings of Russian History written by Nora K. Chadwick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1946, this book presents an examination by Nora Kershaw Chadwick of early Russian written sources.

Book Byzantium   Rus   Russia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Simon Franklin
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2024-10-28
  • ISBN : 1040237312
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Byzantium Rus Russia written by Simon Franklin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian culture of Rus (the medieval precursor of modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) is sometimes presented either as a reflection of an indigenous spirituality wrapped in borrowed (Byzantine) forms or, by contrast, as merely a provincial version of its Byzantine original. The essays in this volume start from the premise that neither view is adequate. The history of culture - even of a self-consciously imitative culture - involves a continual process of inevitable 'mistranslation', as the imported models are reshaped and reinterpreted according to local resources, circumstances and preconceptions. These essays explore aspects of the 'translation of culture' on several levels: from the semantic processes of the actual translation of written texts from Greek into Slavonic, through to larger issues of ideology and identity. They consider both the initial stages of such 'translation' (from Byzantium to Rus) and some of the subsequent 'retranslations' of the Byzantine heritage in the culture of Rus and - eventually - of Russia.

Book Reclaiming Byzantium

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  • Author : Pinar Üre
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2020-02-20
  • ISBN : 1788317467
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Reclaiming Byzantium written by Pinar Üre and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a long-held feeling in Russia that Moscow is the true heir to the Christian Byzantine Empire. In 1894, Imperial Russia opened one of the world's leading centres for Byzantine archaeology in Istanbul, the Russian Archaeological Institute – its purpose was to stake the claim that Russia was the correct heir to 'Tsargrad' (as Istanbul was referred to in Russian circles). This then is the history of that institute, and the history of Russia's efforts to reclaim its Middle East – events since in the Crimea, Syria and Georgia are all, to some extent, wrapped up in this historical framework. Ure looks at the founding of the Russian Archaeological Institute, its aims, and its place in the 'digging-race' which characterised the late Imperial phase of modern history. Above all, she shows how the practise of history has been used as a political tool, a form of "soft power".

Book A History of Russia

Download or read book A History of Russia written by George Vernadsky and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Nature and the Image of Princely Power in Kievan Rus     980 1054

Download or read book The Nature and the Image of Princely Power in Kievan Rus 980 1054 written by Walter K. Hanak and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453

Download or read book The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 written by Marios Philippides and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major study and an essential reference work, this book presents a critical evaluation of the sources on the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. In Part I: The Pen, drawing upon manuscript and printed sources, and looking at the contrasting interpretations in secondary works, the authors reassess the written evidence concerning the event. In Part II, The Sword, the investigation results in new conclusions concerning the layout of the Theodosian Walls, the offensive and defensive strategies of the Byzantines and Turks, including land and sea operations, and an analysis of some of the major engagements.

Book Byzantine Art and Diplomacy in an Age of Decline

Download or read book Byzantine Art and Diplomacy in an Age of Decline written by Cecily J. Hilsdale and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions how political decline refigures the visual culture of empire by examining the imperial image and the gift in later Byzantium (1261-1453). Provides a more nuanced account of medieval artistic cultural exchange that considers the temporal dimensions of power and the changing fates of empires.

Book Kievan Russia

    Book Details:
  • Author : George Vernadsky
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 1973-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780300016475
  • Pages : 436 pages

Download or read book Kievan Russia written by George Vernadsky and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of Russia during the Kievan period, from 862 to 1237.

Book Muscovy and the Mongols

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  • Author : Donald Ostrowski
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2002-06-20
  • ISBN : 9780521894104
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Muscovy and the Mongols written by Donald Ostrowski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1998 study of the impact of the Mongols on the Rus lands using a broad and extensive source base.

Book Byzantine Civilisation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steven Runciman
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1959
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Byzantine Civilisation written by Steven Runciman and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of Russia and the Soviet Union

Download or read book A History of Russia and the Soviet Union written by David MacKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Progress of Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies in the United States and Canada

Download or read book Progress of Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies in the United States and Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each number contains a List of medievalists and their publications, and a List of doctoral dissertations. Nos. 6-10 include also the report of the academy.

Book Slavic Cultures in the Middle Ages

Download or read book Slavic Cultures in the Middle Ages written by B. Gasparov and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acceptance of Christianity in the tenth century is the most significant cultural event in the history of modern Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. A vast reservoir of cultural concepts, expressions, and iconographic images has developed within the Eastern Orthodox tradition, and now Slavic specialists, theologians, historians, and literary scholars can turn to a collection which examines the majestic sweep of a thousand years of Slavic Christianity. This three-volume collection brings together essays from two international conferences. The present volume explores the history and influence of Christianization from the tenth to the seventeenth century. Volume II will examine cultural history from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and Volume III will examine literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The acceptance of Christianity in the tenth century is the most significant cultural event in the history of modern Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. A vast reservoir of cultural concepts, expressions, and iconographic images has developed within the Eastern Orthodox tradition, and now Slavic specialists, theologians, historians, and literary scholars can turn to a collection which examines the majestic sweep of a thousand years of Slavic Christianity. This three-volume collection brings together essays from two international conferences. The present volume explores the history and influence of Christianization from the tenth to the seventeenth century. Volume II will examine cultural history from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and Volume III will examine literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Book An Introduction to Russian History and Culture

Download or read book An Introduction to Russian History and Culture written by Ivar Spector and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Structure of Russian History

Download or read book The Structure of Russian History written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: