Medieval Russian Culture, Volume II

by Michael Flier, Daniel Rowland

Overview

A stimulating and provocative collection, these essays challenge received notions about the culture and history of medieval Russia and offer fresh approaches to problems of textual interpretation, the theory of the medieval text, and the analysis of alternative, nonverbal texts. The contributors, international specialists from many disciplines, investigate issues ranging over history, cultural anthropology, art history, and ritual. They have produced a worthy companion to the first volume of Medieval Russian Culture, published in 1984.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520312685
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	11/10/2023
Series:	California Slavic Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	274
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Michael S. Flier is Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology at Harvard University. Daniel Rowland is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kentucky. 

Table of Contents

Early East Slavic Literature As Sociocultural Fact, Norman W. InghamOld Russia's 'Intellectual Silence' Reconsidered, William R. VederThe Life of Filipp, Paul BushkovitchFifteenth-Century Chronicles as a Source for the History of the Formation of the Muscovite State, Jakov S. LuriaDetermining the Authorship of theTrinity Chronicle, Boris M. KlossCommerce and Pragmatic Literacy, Eduard MühleThe Issue of a 'Nonstandard' Translation of the Holy Scriptures in Muscovite Rus', Olga StrakhovModeling the Genealogy of Maksim Grek's Collection Types, Hugh OlmstedEarly Russian Topoi of Deathbed and Testament, Daniel E. CollinsPilgrimage, Procession, and Symbolic Space in Sixteenth-Century Russian Politics, Nancy S. KollmannBiblical Military Imagery in the Political Culture of Early Modern Russia, Daniel RowlandBreaking the Code, Michael S. Flier