مالکیت، قدرت و اقتدار در روس و اروپا لاتین، حدود ۱۰۰۰–۱۲۳۶ (فراتر از اروپا قرون وسطی)

This book intertwines two themes in medieval studies hitherto kept apart: comparisons of Latin and Orthodox Europe and the "feudal revolution" of the late- and post-Carolingian periods. The book broadens the debate by comparing texts written in "learned" and "vulgar" Latin, Church Slavonic, Anglo-Norman, and East Slavonic. From this comparison, the Kingdom of the Rus appears as a regional variation of European society. This suggests current interpretations overemphasize factors unique to the medieval West and overlook deeper pan-European processes. This book intertwines two themes in medieval studies, which so far have never been brought together: comparative studies of Latin and Orthodox Europe and a debate on the "feudal revolution" – the changes that occurred during the transition from Carolingian to post-Carolingian Europe. The book broadens the linguistic and geographical scope of the debate by comparing texts written in "learned" and "vulgar" Latin, Church Slavonic, Anglo-Norman, and East Slavonic, the vernacular of Kievan Rus. From this comparison, the Kingdom of the Rus' – a terra incognita for most medievalists, generally assumed to be profoundly different from the West –emerges as a regional variation of European society. In particular, the finding that contractual relations, traditionally described in scholarly literature as "feudo-vassalic," were present in the Kingdom of the Rus suggests that current explanations for the origins of such relations may overemphasize factors unique to the medieval West and overlook deeper pan-European processes. CONTENTS 5 List of Illustrations 6 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 13 Chapter 1. Rus and Latin Europe: Words, Concepts, and Phenomena 25 Chapter 2. Medieval Texts and Professional Belief Systems: Latin, Church Slavonic, and Vernacular Political Narratives 83 Chapter 3. Elite Domination in Rus and Latin Europe: Princely Power and Banal Lordship 125 Chapter 4. Interprincely Agreements and a Question of Feudo- Vassalic Relations 170 Conclusions 207 Bibliography 213 Index 233

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Offers a new perspective on the ""feudal revolution"" by comparing forms of social and political organization in the Kingdom of the Rus and Latin Europe