From Kyivan Rus to Ukraine: Past is Present

Name: From Kyivan Rus to Ukraine: Past is Present
Author: Christian Raffensperger
ISBN: 9783777223018

by Christian Raffensperger

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Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed both countries into the world’s spotlight. One aspect that is becoming particularly clear is the battle that is taking place, and has been ongoing for decades, if not longer, for the ownership of the idea of the history of the region we know as Rus. This book discusses the place of Rus in European history, and the ways that modern scholars have minimized that place; the latter fact being directly relevant to the Russian claim on the history of Rus. Perhaps if we can untangle the history of Rus from modern constructs of nationalism, we can see a new picture of Rus that helps us better understand Europe as a whole.

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Specialized Books

Sub Genre

History & Archaeology

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Paperback

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19.00 €

Author Description

Christian Raffensperger is the Kenneth E. Wray Chair in the Humanities at Wittenberg University, in Springfield Ohio. His work focuses on medieval eastern Europe, specifically the kingdom of Rus and connecting medieval Europe (east and west) into a larger whole. His publications include Reimagining Europe: Kievan Rus in the Medieval World (Harvard UP, 2012) and Conflict, Bargaining and Kinship Networks in Medieval Eastern Europe (Lexington Books, 2018). Christian Raffensperger ist Inhaber des Kenneth E. Wray-Lehrstuhls für Geisteswissenschaften an der Universität Wittenberg in Springfield, Ohio. Seine Arbeit konzentriert sich auf das mittelalterliche Osteuropa, insbesondere das Königreich der Rus und die Verbindung des mittelalterlichen Europas (Ost und West) zu einem größeren Ganzen. Zu seinen Veröffentlichungen gehören Reimagining Europe: Kievan Rus in the Medieval World (Harvard UP, 2012) und Conflict, Bargaining and Kinship Networks in Medieval Eastern Europe (Lexington Books, 2018).