Medieval Rus’ and Early Modern Russia: Texts and Contexts

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Research on the East Slavs in the medieval period has considerably changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The emergence of new states forced a rethinking of many aspects of the history and culture of the early East Slavs as the subject became increasingly disentangled from the umbrella of Byzantine studies and fruitful collaboration was fostered between scholars worldwide. This book, which brings together scholars from Russia, Ukraine, western Europe and North America, of several generations, presents a broad overview of the main results of the last three decades of research and mutual collaboration. This is important work, providing a much-needed counterbalance to studies of western Europe in the period, which has been the main focus of study, with the lands of the East Slavs relatively neglected. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Frontispiece Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures List of Contributors Foreword by Andrei Franklin and Susana Torres Prieto List of Abbreviations List of Archives and Libraries Part I: Use of Byzantine Models and Sources Chapter 1: Leo VI and the Transformation of Byzantine Strategic Thinking about the Rus’ Notes Bibliography Chapter 2: Who Was ‘Theodore the Rhos from a Family of Emperors’, the Owner of the Stone from the Holy Sepulchre? Anthologia Marciana ‘A Precious Stone from the Holy Sepulchre of Christ’ Restoration of Christ’s Tomb ‘Theodore from the Family of Emperors’ The Mstislav Gospel ‘Of Imperial Kin’ ‘The Cornerstone Carried as Foundation’ Conclusions Notes Bibliography Chapter 3: Cosmos, Calendars, and Medical Advice in the Miscellanies of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius and Their Late Byzantine Counterparts (14th to Early 16th Centuries) Medical Calendars in the Manuscripts of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Cosmography and Medical Calendars in the Byzantine Tradition Notes Bibliography Chapter 4: Holy Foolishness and Gender Transgression in Russian Hagiography from the Middle Ages to Modernity Introduction Andrei of Constantinople Feodor/a of Alexandria Andrei/Kseniia of St. Petersburg Conclusion Notes Bibliography Part II: Historiography and Construction of Historical Narratives Chapter 5: Some Unnoticed Greek Quotes in Old Russian Chronicles Notes Bibliography Chapter 6: Retranslating The Rus’ Primary Chronicle: Perspectives on Horace Lunt’s New Rendering Notes Bibliography Rusian Chronicle Texts Old Church Slavonic Texts Secondary literature Chapter 7: Two Emperors of the Princess Olga’s Visit to Constantinople: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos versus John Tzimiskes in the Copies of the Rus’ Primary Chronicle Notes Bibliography Chapter 8: Patriarch Germanus II of Constantinople and the Slavic World Introduction Acts of the Council of Nicaea – Nymphea (1234) Synodal Epistle on the Movements of Bishops (c. 1226) Synodal Decree on Slaves to Metropolitan Kirill I of Kyiv (1228) Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 9: Thoughtful Agglomeration: Late Byzantine Sources for Muscovite Ceremonial Notes Bibliography Chapter 10: Boris Godunov and His Family in the Mirror of Medieval Russian Polyonymy Notes Bibliography Part III: Material Supports of Written Texts Chapter 11: “I Must Be Cruel Only to Be Kind”: Towards a Literary History of Kyiv Graffito No. 108 Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Chapter 12: Muscovite Acquisition of Books from Poland in the Late 1640s to Early 1650s Notes Bibliography 17th-century publications Modern source publications and studies Chapter 13: The Codex in Early Rus’ between the 11th and 15th Centuries: Variations of Form and Variations of Function Form and Function The Experience of the First Centuries Monastic Revival Books Not for Reading Notes Bibliography Part IV: Social Repercussions of the Graphosphere Chapter 14: Sofiia Vitovtovna’s Dance: The Wedding of Vasilii II in Russian Cultural Memory Notes Bibliography Chapter 15: Revolution in the Pictosphere: The Ukrainian Baroque and Muscovite Reception Notes Bibliography Index