Museum Secrets, Season 2, Episode 1: State Hermitage Museum
Museum Secrets is a wonderful show, which reminds me why I enjoy history so much. I am now very much looking forward to seeing the rest of this season’s episodes.
‘Temple Pendants’ in Medieval Rus’: How were they Worn?
A useful contribution towards the understanding of the wearing practices of Byzantine and other medieval ear ornaments is supplied by archaeological evidence from the territory of medieval Rus.
The Conversion of Russia to Christianity in the Light of Greek Missionary Activity among the Slavs
What is this? What is this distressing and heavy catastrophe and abomination? Why has this dreadful thunderbolt fallen on us out of the farthest north?
Frosts, Floods, and Famines – Climate in Relation to Hunger in North-East Europe A.D. 1100–1550
This Master’s thesis examines the relation between climatic conditions and hunger in Northeast Europe in A.D. 1100–1550.
Vikings in the East: Scandinavian Influence in Kievan Rus
The Vikings, referred to as Varangians in Eastern Europe, were known throughout Europe as traders and raiders, and perhaps the creators or instigators of the first organized Russian state: Kievan Rus.
The Tale of Peter and Fervoniia: The Text and the Icon
The Tale of Peter and Fervoniia: The Text and the Icon By Priscilla Hunt Elementa, Vol.3 (1997) Introduction: The enigmatic Tale of Peter…
From Flax to Linen in the Medieval Rus Lands
From Flax to Linen in the Medieval Rus Lands By Heidi Sherman Medieval Clothing and Textiles, Volume 4 (2008) Introduction: In the mid-nineteenth…
Cultural Identity of the Russian North Settlers in the 10th – 13th Centuries: Archaeological Evidence and Written Sources
Cultural Identity of the Russian North Settlers in the 10th – 13th Centuries: Archaeological Evidence and Written Sources Makarov, N.A. Slavica Helsingiensia, 27,…
The Lord’s Prayer “Our Father” indicates Slovenians are West Slavs
The Lord’s Prayer “Our Father” indicates Slovenians are West Slavs Jandáček, Petr Paper given at the Fifth International Topical Conference (2007) Abstract The currently…
A Swedish Crusader King as Russian Orthodox Saint on the Valamo Archipelago?
A Swedish Crusader King as Russian Orthodox Saint on the Valamo Archipelago? Lind, John H. (University of Southern Denmark, Odense) University of Paris,…
Furs, Fish and Ivory – Medieval Norsemen at the Arctic Fringe
Furs, Fish and Ivory – Medieval Norsemen at the Arctic Fringe By Christian Keller Journal of the North Atlantic, Vol. 3 (2010) Abstract:…
Mobilisation of the European Periphery against the Mongols
I related how, according to the Novgorod Chronicles, newly arrived crusaders, together with the Sword Brothers, allied themselves with the Russian-Orthodox Pskovites before they went on to their crushing defeat at the hands of the Lithuanians at Saule in September 1236.
Novgorodian Travelers to the Mediterranean World in the Middle Ages
Novgorodian Travelers to the Mediterranean World in the Middle Ages Matsuki, Eizo Studies in the Mediterranean World Past and Present (1988) Abstract “Novgorod…
Legend, Veneration, and Nationalism: The History of Devotion and Pilgrimage to the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa
Legend, Veneration, and Nationalism: The History of Devotion and Pilgrimage to the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa Młynarz, Mike (University of…
Waterways and Shipbuilding in North-western Russia in the Middle Ages
Waterways and Shipbuilding in North-western Russia in the Middle Ages By Petr Sorokin Published Online (2002) Introduction: The investigations of the waterways, which…
Cross Kissing: Keeping One’s Word in Twelfth-Century Rus
Cross Kissing: Keeping One’s Word in Twelfth-Century Rus By Yulia Mikhailova and David K. Prestel Slavic Review, 70, no. 1 (2011) Introduction: Jean-Claude…
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula Annette Bauer – recorders, voice, percussion, citole, bells Phoebe Jevtovic – voice,…
The Chronicle of George Hamartolos, an Old Russian MS of the 14th Century
The Chronicle of George Hamartolos, an Old Russian MS of the 14th Century By Ol’ga A. Kniazevskaia Polata Knigopisnaia: an Information Bulletin Devoted…
The Mongol Connection: Russia’s Asian Entry into European Politics
The Mongol Connection: Russia’s Asian Entry into European Politics By Iver B. Neumann Published Online (2008) Abstract: The end of the 15th Century…
The Lay of Igor’s Campaign and the Works It Has Inspired
In A.D. 1185, as the Kievan Rus Empire was starting to deteriorate, a little known prince on the eastern Russian borders led his outnumbered men into battle against Mongolian invaders, the Polovtsians (Kumans)
Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk
Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk Murrin, Michael Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene follows the Arthurian tradition of travel…
Manufacturing Techniques of Belt and Harness Fittings of the 10th Century AD
The present study includes approximately 900 items of belt and horse harness fittings. They have been found on the Upper Dnieper, Smolensk region, the site of the Gnezdovo settlement and cemetery dating from the end of 9th to the beginning of 11th century.
Rus’ in the ethnic nomenclature of the Povest’ vremennykh let
Rus’ in the ethnic nomenclature of the Povest’ vremennykh let By Paul Bushkovitch Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique, Vol.12:3 (1971) Introduction: The…
A Reconstruction of the Flora and Vegetation in the Central Area of Early Medieval Kyiv, Ukraine, Based on the Results of Palynological Investigations
A Reconstruction of the Flora and Vegetation in the Central Area of Early Medieval Kyiv, Ukraine, Based on the Results of Palynological Investigations…
Women’s Clothing in Kievan Rus
Women’s Clothing in Kievan Rus La Rus, Sofya Kies, Mka Lisa Medieval Textiles, Issue.27 (2001) Abstract Women’s clothing in 10th to 15th century Rus’, as…