This new monograph is devoted to a detailed exploration of the ways in which the medieval past has been wielded to propagandic effect in Imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia.
From politicians’ speeches to popular culture, from Orthodox Christianity to neo-paganism, the medieval Russian past remains crucial in constructing national identity, mobilizing society during times of crisis, and providing alternative models of communal belonging. Frequent appeals to a medieval Slavic past, its heroes and myths, have provided—and continue to provide—a particularly powerful tool for animating imperialist and populist sentiments.
This study explores persuasive—and pervasive—recourse to tropes concerned with the Middle Ages in Imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia, seeking to explain why an often romanticized medieval past remains potent in Russian politics, society, and culture today.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2024
Copyrightjahr
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-064-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-240-8
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Arc Medievalist
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
136
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Names, Transliteration, and Abbreviations Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 14
Chapter 1. A Contested Inheritance Kein Zugriff Seiten 15 - 38
Chapter 2. Alexander Nevsky Kein Zugriff Seiten 39 - 66
Chapter 3. Byzantine Dreams Kein Zugriff Seiten 67 - 88
Chapter 4. Medievalism as Allegory Kein Zugriff Seiten 89 - 108
