The Baptism of Kiev
A thousand years ago, in 988, the Slav principality of Kievan Rus’, or Kievan Russia, came into being as one of a cluster of Christian States in Europe
The Infamous Svjatoslav: Master of Duplicity in War and Peace?
The Infamous Svjatoslav: Master of Duplicity in War and Peace? By Walter K. Hanak Peace and War in Byzantium: Essays in Honor of…
IVAN IV: A MACHIAVELLIAN TSAR
IVAN IV: A MACHIAVELLIAN TSAR Carswell, Robyn E. Historia, Vol.15 (2006) Abstract Dating back to Riurik, Russia has always had strong leaders who stopped at…
The Vikings in the East : a Survey of Settlement, Trade and Military Activity c.700 – 1100
The Vikings in the East : a Survey of Settlement, Trade and Military Activity c.700 – 1100 By D.A.F. Adams PhD Dissertation, University…
When the Inhabitants of Tornio Wrote to the Czar: the Sense of Belonging to the Swedish Kingdom in Northern Finland in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century
When the Inhabitants of Tornio Wrote to the Czar: the Sense of Belonging to the Swedish Kingdom in Northern Finland in the Beginning…
The Cult of St. Ólafr in the Eleventh Century and Kievan Rus’
The Cult of St. Ólafr in the Eleventh Century and Kievan Rus’ By Haki Antonsson Middelalderforum, Vol.1:2 (2003) Introduction: The sources relating to…
The History of Literature in the Context of New Theoretical Proposals
The History of Literature in the Context of New Theoretical Proposals Lipatow, Aleksander PORÓWNANIA 5 (2008) Abstract In the beginning of the Middle…
Ritual and History: Pagan Rites in the Story of the Princess’ Revenge (the Russian Primary Chronicle, under 945–946)
Ritual and History: Pagan Rites in the Story of the Princess’ Revenge (the Russian Primary Chronicle, under 945–946) Koptev, Aleksandr (Docent of Tampere University)…
IBN FADLAN AND THE RUSIYYAH
IBN FADLAN AND THE RUSIYYAH Montgomery, James E. (Cambridge) Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 3 (2000) Abstract Ibn Fadlan’s account of the caliphal…
The depictions of warrior saints in frescoes of 1380 at the Church of the Holy Saviour in Kovaliovo
The depictions of warrior saints in frescoes of 1380 at the Church of the Holy Saviour in Kovaliovo: Whether Balkan masters painted the…
The Medieval Origins of the Modern Russian Crisis
The Medieval Origins of the Modern Russian Crisis By Marshall Poe Published Online (2001) Introduction: On November 18, 2000, the Russian Space Agency…
The Baltic and the Black Sea in Medieval Trade
The Baltic and the Black Sea in Medieval Trade By Marian Malowist Baltic and Scandinavian Countries, Vol.3 (1937) Introduction: The object of this…
Mixed Marriages in a Polyethnic Society: A Case Study of Tana, 14th – 15th Centuries
Mixed Marriages in a Polyethnic Society: A Case Study of Tana, 14th – 15th Centuries By S. Karpov Toleration and repression in the…
Cumque nullus rusticorum fugitivo obediret: Exile, Gift-Giving, and Marriage Policy in Eleventh-Century Poland and Rus’
“Exile, Gift Giving, and Marriage Policy in Eleventh Century Poland and Rus” Session: Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages – May 13th By…
Indicators of craft specialisation in medieval ceramics from north-west Russia
Indicators of craft specialisation in medieval ceramics from north-west Russia By Clive Orton The Archaeology of Medieval Novgorod in its Wider Context: A…
Comb-making in medieval Novgard (950-1450): An industry in transition
Comb-making in medieval Novgard (950-1450): An industry in transition By Lyuba Smirnova PhD Dissertation, Bournemouth University (2002) Abstract: This is a descriptive and…
The Vikings in the East : a Survey of Settlement, Trade and Military Activity c.700 – 1100
The Vikings in the East : a Survey of Settlement, Trade and Military Activity c.700 – 1100 By D.A.F. Adams MA Thesis, University…
Grand Princess Olga: Pagan Vengeance and Sainthood in Kievan Rus
Olga is the only woman for whom we possess significant biographical details in the written sources for the Kievan Rus period of Russian history (860s – 1240).
The Medieval River Trade Network of Russia Revisited
The Medieval River Trade Network of Russia Revisited By Forrest R. Pitts Social Networks, Vol.1 (1978/79) Abstract: Medieval trade and communication along the…
Viking raids on the Spanish Peninsula
The Muslims described «heathens» as Majus. The name Majus – Magians was originally used of the Zoroastrians. It was then extended to other unbelievers, together with the associations of the term — e. g. incest and fire-worship.
Motives for Donations to the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, 1392-1605: Gender Matters
Motives for Donations to the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, 1392-1605: Gender Matters Miller, David B. Abstract In the 1350s Sergius of Radonezh founded a hermitage…
Nikolai Gogol and the medieval orthodox Slavic world-view
Nikolai Gogol and the medieval orthodox Slavic world-view By Philip Harttrup PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1998 Abstract: This thesis examines Nikolai Gogol’ s creative and…
Slavic Paganism in Kievan Russia and the Coming of Christianity
Slavic Paganism in Kievan Russia and the Coming of Christianity By Yaroslav V. Riabinin Published Online (2007) Introduction: Orthodox Christianity is currently the dominant…
The Shifting Present and Written Images of the Mongols
The Shifting Present and Written Images of the Mongols By Donald Ostrowski Paper given at Uses of the Past Slavic Symposium, University of…
The Scourge of God: The (in)Visibility of Mongols in Russian History and Memory
Why is it that Russians continue to carry an eight-hundred year old grudge, rather than accept that the Mongol conquest directly contributed to the rise of the powerful Russian Empire?