Ties of Kinship

Genealogy and Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus´
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-932650-13-6
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 76, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 1015 g

Reihe: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies

The warp and weft of political and social relationships among the medieval elite were formed by marriages made between royal families. Ties of Kinship establishes a new standard for tracking the dynastic marriages of the ruling family of Rus´—the descendants of Volodimer (Volodimerovici). Utilizing a modern scholarly approach and a broad range of primary sources from inside and outside Rus´, Christian Raffensperger has created a fully realized picture of the Volodimerovici from the tenth through the twelfth centuries and the first comprehensive, scholarly treatment of the subject in English. Alongside more than twenty-two genealogical charts with accompanying bibliographic information, this work presents an analysis of the Volodimerovici dynastic marriages with modern interpretations and historical contextualization that highlights the importance of Rus´ in a medieval European framework. This study will be used by Slavists, Byzantinists, and West European medievalists as the new baseline for research on the Volodimerovici and their complex web of relationships with the world beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Raffensperger, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Über Autor(innen)

Raffensperger, Christian
Christian Raffensperger is the Kenneth E. Wray Chair in the Humanities and Professor and Chair of the History Department at Wittenberg University, and an Associate of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. He is the author of <i>Reimagining Europe: Kievan Rus´ in the Medieval World, 988–1146</i> <i>Ties of Kinship: Genealogy and Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus´</i> <i>The Kingdom of Rus´</i> and <i>Conflict, Bargaining, and Kinship Networks in Medieval Eastern Europe</i>.