UID:
almahu_9947414764002882
Format:
1 online resource (xxxviii, 437 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511496479 (ebook)
Content:
Historians in pre-revolutionary Russia, in the Soviet Union, in contemporary Russia, and in the West have consistently relegated the medieval dynasty of Chernigov to a place of minor importance in Kievan Rus'. This view was reinforced by the evidence that, after the Mongols invaded Rus' in 1237, the two branches from the House of Monomakh living in the Rostov-Suzdal' and Galicia-Volyn' regions emerged as the most powerful. However, careful examination of the chronicle accounts reporting the dynasty's history during the second half of the twelfth and the first half of the thirteenth century shows that the Ol'govichi of Chernigov successfully challenged the Monomashichi for supremacy in Rus'. Through a critical analysis of the available primary sources (such as chronicles, archaeology, coins, seals, 'graffiti' in churches, and architecture) this 2003 book attempts correct the pervading erroneous view by allocating to the Ol'govichi their rightful place in the dynastic hierarchy of Kievan Rus'.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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The third generation continued: 1146-1164 --
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Igor fails in Kiev --
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Svyatoslav Ol'govich fights for survival --
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Svyatoslav flees to the Vyatichi lands --
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Bishop Onufry champions Klim Smolyatich --
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Svyatoslav recovers the Vyatichi lands --
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The Davidovichi plot treachery --
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Igor's death --
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Svyatoslav reclaims the Posem'e --
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The princes of Chernigov and Izyaslav of Kiev reconciled --
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The Ol'govichi help Yury capture Kiev --
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Svyatoslav translates Igor's body to Chernigov --
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Vladimir Davidovich falls in battle --
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Izyaslav Davidovich in Chernigov.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521824422
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511496479
