The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus' Land / Charles J. Halperin.

By:

Halperin, Charles J [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781802700565

Subject(s):

Online resources:

Contents:

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 THE RUS' LAND (TENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES) -- Chapter 2 THE RUS' LAND AND NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS -- Chapter 3 THE TVERIAN LAND -- Chapter 4 THE NOVGORODIAN LAND -- Chapter 5 THE SUZDALIAN LAND -- Chapter 6 THE PSKOVIAN LAND -- Chapter 7 THE RUS' LAND AND IVAN IV -- Chapter 8 THE MUSCOVITE LAND -- Chapter 9 THE RUS' LAND IN UKRAINE AND BELARUS (FOURTEENTH TO SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES) -- CONCLUSION -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Summary: 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.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
E-Book	De Gruyter		Available

Open Access unrestricted online access star

https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2

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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus' Land / Charles J. Halperin.

University of Rizal System
Email us at univlibservices@urs.edu.ph

Visit our Website www.urs.edu.ph/library

The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus' Land / Charles J. Halperin.

University of Rizal System Email us at univlibservices@urs.edu.ph

Visit our Website www.urs.edu.ph/library

University of Rizal System
Email us at univlibservices@urs.edu.ph