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Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs 900–1700

Author : Eve Levin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501727621
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs 900–1700 written by Eve Levin and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pioneering book, Eve Levin explores sexual behavior among the peoples of Serbia, Bulgaria, and Russia from their conversion to Christianity in the ninth and tenth centuries until the end of the seventeenth century. By ranging across all these societies, Levin is able to fulfill three basic aims: to delineate the general character of sexuality among the Orthodox Slavs, to enrich that account by drawing our attention to regional variations in the sexual mores of these peoples, and to draw suggestive comparisons between the world of the medieval Orthodox Slavs and their contemporaries in the Latin West. Levin begins with a study of the ecclesiastical image of sexuality as expressed in didactic and literary texts, showing that the Orthodox Church was deeply suspicious of sexuality. Her second chapter, on canon law and marfiage, examines the conditions for marriage, divorce, and remarriage, the obligation of the conjugal relationship, and the impact of these rules on social order. Levin looks at church regulations concerning sexual relations among relatives by blood, marriage, spiritual kinship, and adoption in Chapter Three, and she devotes Chapter Four to prohibited sexual practices, both inside and outside of marriage. In the fifth chapter she studies Russian and South Slavic responses to rape, and demonstrates that these societies simultaneously censured violence against women and sanctioned the attitudes and social structures that justified it. Chapter Six deals with the rules on sexual conduct for the clergy, whose job it was to enforce sexual precepts. Throughout her work, Levin argues that, despite its conviction that sexual expression was diabolical, the medieval Orthodox Church approached sexual matters in a surprisingly practical way; its official sexual ethic corresponded to a great degree with popular views. Historians of the Slavic world, both medieval and modern, will welcome this accessible study. It should also attract comparativists who work in such fields as church history, the history of women and the family, and the history of sexuality.

Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300) (2 vols)

Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004395199
Total Pages : 1426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300) (2 vols) by : Florin Curta

Download or read book Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300) (2 vols) written by Florin Curta and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 1426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Verbruggen prize This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of scholarship on Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. The goal is to offer an overview of the current state of research and a basic route map for navigating an abundant historiography available in more than 10 different languages. The literature published in English on the medieval history of Eastern Europe—books, chapters, and articles—represents a little more than 11 percent of the historiography. The companion is therefore meant to provide an orientation into the existing literature that may not be available because of linguistic barriers and, in addition, an introductory bibliography in English. Winner of the 2020 Verbruggen prize, awarded annually by the De Re Militari society for the best book on medieval military history. The awarding committee commented that the book ‘has an enormous range, and yet is exceptionally scholarly with a fine grasp of detail. Its title points to a general history of eastern Europe, but it is dominated by military episodes which make it of the highest value to anybody writing about war and warmaking in this very neglected area of Europe.’ See inside the book.

The Origins of the Slavic Nations

Author : Serhii Plokhy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521155113
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of the Slavic Nations written by Serhii Plokhy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2006 book documents developments in the countries of eastern Europe, including the rise of authoritarian tendencies in Russia and Belarus, as well as the victory of the democratic 'Orange Revolution' in Ukraine, and poses important questions about the origins of the East Slavic nations and the essential similarities or differences between their cultures. It traces the origins of the modern Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nations by focusing on pre-modern forms of group identity among the Eastern Slavs. It also challenges attempts to 'nationalize' the Rus' past on behalf of existing national projects, laying the groundwork for understanding of the pre-modern history of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The book covers the period from the Christianization of Kyivan Rus' in the tenth century to the reign of Peter I and his eighteenth-century successors, by which time the idea of nationalism had begun to influence the thinking of East Slavic elites.

The Slavs in European History and Civilization

Author : Francis Dvornik
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813507996
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis The Slavs in European History and Civilization by : Francis Dvornik

Download or read book The Slavs in European History and Civilization written by Francis Dvornik and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1962 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seminar on the history of Slavic politics, international relations, culture, and religion during the 6th through the 19th century.

Venice and the Slavs

Author : Larry Wolff
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804739467
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Venice and the Slavs written by Larry Wolff and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the eighteenth century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs. The book argues that the Enlightenment within the Adriatic Empire of Venice was deeply concerned with exploring the economic and social dimensions of backwardness in Dalmatia, in accordance with the evolving distinction between Western Europe and Eastern Europe across the continent. It further argues that the primitivism attributed to Dalmatians by the Venetian Enlightenment was fundamental to the European intellectual discovery of the Slavs. The book begins by discussing Venetian literary perspectives on Dalmatia, notably the drama of Carlo Goldoni and the memoirs of Carlo Gozzi. It then studies the work that brought the subject of Dalmatia to the attention of the European Enlightenment: the travel account of the Paduan philosopher Alberto Fortis, which was translated from Italian into English, French, and German. The next two chapters focus on the Dalmatian inland mountain people called the Morlacchi, famous as savages throughout Europe in the eighteenth century. The Morlacchi are considered first as a concern of Venetian administration and then in relation to the problem of the noble savage, anthropologically studied and poetically celebrated. The book then describes the meeting of these administrative and philosophical discourses concerning Dalmatia during the final decades of the Venetian Republic. It concludes by assessing the legacy of the Venetian Enlightenment for later perspectives on Dalmatia and the South Slavs from Napoleonic Illyria to twentieth-century Yugoslavia.

Slavs in the Making

Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351330012
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Slavs in the Making written by Florin Curta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavs in the Making takes a fresh look at archaeological evidence from parts of Slavic-speaking Europe north of the Lower Danube, including the present-day territories of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. Nothing is known about what the inhabitants of those remote lands called themselves during the sixth century, or whether they spoke a Slavic language. The book engages critically with the archaeological evidence from these regions, and questions its association with the "Slavs" that has often been taken for granted. It also deals with the linguistic evidence—primarily names of rivers and other bodies of water—that has been used to identify the primordial homeland of the Slavs, and from which their migration towards the Lower Danube is believed to have started. It is precisely in this area that sociolinguistics can offer a serious alternative to the language tree model currently favoured in linguistic paleontology. The question of how best to explain the spread of Slavic remains a controversial issue. This book attempts to provide an answer, and not just a critique of the method of linguistic paleontology upon which the theory of the Slavic migration and homeland relies. The book proposes a model of interpretation that builds upon the idea that (Common) Slavic cannot possibly be the result of Slavic migration. It addresses the question of migration in the archaeology of early medieval Eastern Europe, and makes a strong case for a more nuanced interpretation of the archaeological evidence of mobility. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in medieval history, migration, and the history of Eastern and Central Europe.

The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome

Author : Julia Verkholantsev
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN 13 : 150175792X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome written by Julia Verkholantsev and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome is the first book-length study of the medieval legend that Church Father and biblical translator St. Jerome was a Slav who invented the Slavic (Glagolitic) alphabet and Roman Slavonic rite. Julia Verkholantsev locates the roots of this belief among the Latin clergy in Dalmatia in the 13th century and describes in fascinating detail how Slavic leaders subsequently appropriated it to further their own political agendas. The Slavic language, written in Jerome's alphabet and endorsed by his authority, gained the unique privilege in the Western Church of being the only language other than Latin, Greek, and Hebrew acceptable for use in the liturgy. Such privilege, confirmed repeatedly by the popes, resulted in the creation of narratives about the distinguished historical mission of the Slavs and became a possible means for bridging the divide between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches in the Slavic-speaking lands. In the fourteenth century the legend spread from Dalmatia to Bohemia and Poland, where Glagolitic monasteries were established to honor the Apostle of the Slavs Jerome and the rite and letters he created. The myth of Jerome's apostolate among the Slavs gained many supporters among the learned and spread far and wide, reaching Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and England. Grounded in extensive archival research, Verkholantsev examines the sources and trajectory of the legend of Jerome's Slavic fellowship within a wider context of European historical and theological thought. This unique volume will appeal to medievalists, Slavicists, scholars of religion, those interested in saints' cults, and specialists of philology.

The Slavs

Author : Marija Gimbutas
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Slavs written by Marija Gimbutas and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1971 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the origins and early migrations of the Slavic peoples, in terms of social structure, religions, and culture.

The Making of the Slavs

Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521036153
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Slavs written by Florin Curta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new approach to the problem of Slavic ethnicity in southeastern Europe between c. 500 and c. 700. The author shows how Byzantine authors "invented" the Slavs, in order to make sense of political and military developments taking place in the Balkans. Making extensive use of archaeology to show that such developments resulted in the rise of powerful leaders, responsible for creating group identities and mobilizing warriors for successful raids across the frontier. The author rejects the idea of Slavic migration, and shows that "the Slavs" were the product of the frontier.

The Slavs Among the Nations

Author : Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Slavs Among the Nations written by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Entry of the Slavs Into Christendom

Author : A. P. Vlasto
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521074599
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book The Entry of the Slavs Into Christendom written by A. P. Vlasto and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1970-10-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Vlasto reviews the early history of the various Slav peoples (from about AD 500 onwards) and traces their gradual emergence as Christian states within the framework of either West or East European culture. Special attention is paid to the political and cultural rivalry between East and West for the allegiance of certain Slav peoples, and to the degree of cultural exchange within the Slav world, associated in particular with the use of the Slav liturgical language. His examination of all the Slav peoples and extensive use of original source material in many different languages enables Dr Vlasto to give a particularly comprehensive study of the subject.

The Kings of the Slavs

Author : Wawrzyniec Kowalski
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004447636
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis The Kings of the Slavs by : Wawrzyniec Kowalski

Download or read book The Kings of the Slavs written by Wawrzyniec Kowalski and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja is a mysterious narrative source covering the Slavic presence on the Adriatic coast and its hinterland. This study offers a new interpretation of the text, based on the recognition of the figures of model rulers.

Guests in the House

Author : Mats Roslund
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004161899
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Guests in the House written by Mats Roslund and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the study of style transmission in medieval ceramics, the author interprets the shared cultural and political history of Slavs and Scandinavians 900 to 1300 AD. The reproduction of cultural identity is discussed in relation to changes in politics.

Cyril and Methodius

Author : Jerry McCollough
Publisher : Winepress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783000062872
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Cyril and Methodius written by Jerry McCollough and published by Winepress Publishing. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Byzantium and the Slavs

Author : Ihor Ševčenko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Byzantium and the Slavs written by Ihor Ševčenko and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These reprints of articles, reviews, and other short pieces by the well-known Byzantinist, Ihor Sevčenko, are gathered together in one volume for the first time. The collection reflects the author's wide-ranging interests and his significant contributions to the study of the relationship between Byzantine and East Slavic culture. A number of the original articles have been provided with addenda by the author. Among the articles are the author's now famous study, "Fragments of the Toparcha Gothicus," in which he demonstrates their nineteenth-century provenance at the hands of their "discoverer" Karl Benedikt Hase; the analysis of the impact on Muscovite political ideology of the writings of Deacon Agapetus; the discovery of the Greek prose original of the putative poem contained in the Life of the Slavic Apostle Cyril; and the find, made at St. Catherine's Monastery, of Constantine Tischendorf's letters regarding the transfer of the Codex Sinaiticus to St. Petersburg. Other articles include the author's studies on the impact of Byzantine elements in early Ukrainian culture and in some Kievan texts; and his observations on Byzantine social history at the time of the Slavic Apostles. Sevčenko offers these studies up as a challenge to the younger generation of scholars engaged in new approaches within these fields. Of further interest to Byzantinists and Slavists alike are the author's reviews and retrospectives, including retrospectives of George Christos Soulis, George Ostrogorsky, Francis Dvornik, and Michael Cherniavsky. Taken as a whole, the volume is a lively guide along a varied journey through the world of Byzantium and the Slays and reconstructs the relationship between the two in the light of texts, both literary and scientific. It also reflects the history of Slavic and Byzantine studies in the United States and Europe.

The Early Slavs

Author : Paul M. Barford
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801439773
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book The Early Slavs written by Paul M. Barford and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final chapter sets the early medieval developments into the perspective of the history and culture of modern Europe. A series of specially compiled maps chart the main cultural changes taking place over six centuries in this relatively unknown part of Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004441387
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa presents all known medieval texts that provide us with information about the religion practiced by the Slavs before their Christianization.