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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453318003321

Autore

Hanak Walter K. <1929->

Titolo

The nature and the image of princely power in Kievan Rus', 980-1054 : a study of sources / / by Walter K. Hanak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill NV, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

90-04-26022-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, , 1872-8103 ; ; volume 25

Disciplina

947/.02

Soggetti

Princes - Kievan Rus

Electronic books.

Kievan Rus History 862-1237 Sources

Kievan Rus Kings and rulers

Kievan Rus History 862-1237

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- The Nature and the Early Rus’ Image of Kievan Princely Power -- Byzantine Imperial Thought in Theory and Practice in Vladimirian-Jaroslavian Rus’ -- The Decline of the Varangians -- The Khazars in the Shadows of Kievan Political Thought -- The Eastern Slavic Political and Social Structure -- Some Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.