The rise and demise of the myth of the Rus' Land /
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 Ri...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Arc Humanities Press,
2022.
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| Series: | Beyond medieval Europe
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Preface and Acknowledgments 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. De Gruyter Open Access eBooks Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781802700565 1802700560 |
