Reimagining Europe
Kievan Rus’ in the Medieval World
Nonfiction, History, Eastern Europe, Asian, Russia, Medieval
| Author: | Christian Raffensperger | ISBN: | 9780674068544 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Christian Raffensperger |
| ISBN: | 9780674068544 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
An overriding assumption has directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus’ was part of a Byzantine commonwealth separate from Europe. Raffensperger refutes this, and offers a new frame for two hundred years of history, in which Rus’ is understood as part of medieval Europe, and East is not so neatly divided from West.
An overriding assumption has directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus’ was part of a Byzantine commonwealth separate from Europe. Raffensperger refutes this, and offers a new frame for two hundred years of history, in which Rus’ is understood as part of medieval Europe, and East is not so neatly divided from West.
