02695oam 22004814a 450 99649656510331620220926045701.01-80270-056-0(CKB)5590000000960529(OCoLC)1345581609(MdBmJHUP)musev2_100663(DE-B1597)627182(DE-B1597)9781802700565(EXLCZ)99559000000096052920220423d2022 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus’ Land / by Charles J. HalperinBaltimore, Maryland :Project Muse,2022©20221 online resource (viii, 106 pages.)Beyond Medieval Europe1-80270-011-0 Includes bibliographical references.The Rus' Land (tenth to fifteenth centuries) -- The Rus' Land and national consciousness -- The Tverian Land -- Novgorodian Land -- Suzdalian Land -- Pskovian Land -- Rus' Land and Ivan IV -- The Muscovite Land -- The Rus' Land in Ukraine and Belarus (fourteenth to seventeenth centuries).The concept of the Rus' Land (russkaia zemlia) became and remained an historical myth of modern Russian nationalism as the equivalent of "Russia," but it was actually a political myth, manipulated to provide legitimacy. Its meaning was dynastic--territories ruled by a member of the Riurikid/Volodimerovich princely clan. This book traces the history of its use from the tenth to the seventeenth century, outlining its changing religious (pagan to Christian) and geographic elements (from the Dnieper River valley in Ukraine in Kievan Rus' to Muscovy in Russia) and considers alternative "land" concepts which failed to rise to the ideological heights of the Rus' Land. Although the Rus' Land was never an ethnic or national concept, and never expanded its appeal beyond an elite lay and clerical audience, understanding its evolution sheds light upon the cultural and intellectual history of the medieval and early modern East Slavs.Beyond medieval Europe.NationalismRussiaRussiaHistoriographyElectronic books. East Slavic medieval history, russkaia zemlia, Russia, Ukraine, Russian nationalism,.Nationalism947.0072Halperin Charles J.1256871MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996496565103316The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus’ Land2953355UNISA