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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811885003321

Autore

Raffensperger Christian

Titolo

The Kingdom of Rus' / / Christian Raffensperger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kalamazoo, Michigan ; ; Bradford, [England] : , : ARC Humanities Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-64189-905-0

1-942401-32-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 97 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Past imperfect

Disciplina

947/.02

Soggetti

Nobility - Kyivan Rus

Kyivan Rus Kings and rulers History

Kyivan Rus Relations Europe

Europe Relations Kyivan Rus

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the problem with names -- The place of Rus' in medieval 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 resolutions.

Sommario/riassunto

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.