The Many Worlds of Kyivan Rus': A Conversation with Professor Simon Franklin
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| Description: | In this video podcast, Professor Simon Franklin (Head of the School of Arts and Humanities) offers an introduction to Kyivan Rus', the first polity to emerge among the Eastern Slavs. Topics include Volodymyr the Great, Yaroslav the Wise, the Law of the Rus', the Primary Chronicle, the Tale of Ihor's Campaign, the Novgorod birch-bark letters, and the treasures of Kyiv's Monastery of the Caves (Pechers'ka Lavra) and Saint Sophia. |
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| Created: | 2010-07-30 17:32 |
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| Collection: | Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Podcast |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | R.E. Finnin |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | Ukraine; Kyivan Rus'; Volodymyr the Great; Yaroslav the Wise; Primary Chronicle; Tale of Bygone Years; Law of the Rus'; Monastery of the Caves; Saint Sofia; |
| Abstract: | Images in this video podcast are taken from:
Simon Franklin, Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c. 950-1300 (Cambridge, 2002) O. K. Kasimenko et al. eds., Istoriia Kieva v dvukh tomakh, vol. 1 (Kiev, 1963) M. I. Kresal'nyi, Sofiis'kyi zapovidnyk v Kyievi: Arkhitekturno-istorychnyi narys (Kyiv, 1960) V.N. Lazarev, Mozaiki Sofii Kievskoi (Moskva, 1960) Ihor Shevchenko, Ukraine Between East and West (Edmonton, Toronto, 1996) Orest Subtelny, Ukraine: A History, 2nd ed. (Toronto, 1994) State Museum of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Kiev, 1975) These works are recommended for further reading. |
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