The Emergence of Rus 750 1200 Longman History of Russia 1 1st Edition by Simon Franklin, Jonathan Shepard 131787224X 9781317872245

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ISBN 10: 131787224X
ISBN 13: 9781317872245
Author: Simon Franklin, Jonathan Shepard

This eagerly awaited volume, the first of its kind by western scholars, describes the development amongst the diverse inhabitants of the immense landmass between the Carpathians and Urals of a political, economic and social nexus (underpinned by a common culture and, eventually, a common faith), out of which would emerge the future Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The authors explore every aspect of life in Rus, using evidence and the fruits of post-Soviet historiography. They describe the rise of a polity centred on Kiev, the coming of Christianity, and the increasing prosperity of the region even as, with the proliferation of new dynastic centres, the balance of power shifted northwards and westwards. Fractured, violent and transitory though it often is, this is a story of growth and achievement – and a masterly piece of historical synthesis.

The Emergence of Rus 750–1200 Table of contents

Part I: Roots and Routes
1 The Silver-Seekers from the North 
1 Beginnings
2 First Reports on the Rus
3 Raids and Neighbours 
2 Turning South
1 Slavs and Semi-Nomads in the Ninth Century
2 The Rus Foothold on the Middle Dnieper
3 The Dnieper Rus – Organize or Die: Securing the Way to Byzantium
4 U-Turns and Conversion
1 The Last Migration: Sviatoslav on the Danube
2 Settling Down: Vladimir in Kiev
3 Digging In
Part II: Kiev and Rus
5 Martyrs and Mercenaries
1 Battles of Succession
2 Rights and Right
3 Might
6 Cracked Facades 
1 Constantinople-on-Dnieper?
2 ‘Law’: The Prince’S Writ
3 ‘Grace’: Spreading the Faith
4 ‘The Sweetness of Books’
7 The Inner Circle: the Development of Dynastic Political Culture
1 Testimonies and Testaments
2 Brothers and Others 
3 Uncles and Nephews 
4 The Collegiate Cousinhood? The Liubech Accord and its Implications 
8 The Prince and the City 
1 The Moneymen
2 Daughters, Sisters, Wives and Widows
3 Monks
4 Going Native
Part III: The Rise of the Regions
9 Integration and Diffusion 
1 Thickening Networks of Trade and Settlement: A Brief Tour
2 A Growing Family: the Politics of Dynastic Diversity
3 Faith in the Lands: Imitation, Emulation and Local Identities
10 Prospect and Retrospect: 1185 and After

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