Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus Land, Paperback by Halperin, Charles J...

Description: Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus Land, Paperback by Halperin, Charles J., ISBN 1802700579, ISBN-13 9781802700572, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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Book Title: Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus Land

Number of Pages: 124 Pages

Publication Name: Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus' Land

Language: English

Publisher: ARC Humanities Press

Item Height: 0.2 in

Publication Year: 2023

Subject: Europe / Eastern, Asia / General, Europe / Medieval

Features: New Edition

Item Weight: 7.2 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Charles J. Halperin

Subject Area: History

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Series: Beyond Medieval Europe Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback