The Earliest States of Eastern Europe. 2024: In memoriam Alexandr V. Nazarenko / Editors of the volume Т.V. Guimon, P.V. Lukin, Е.А. Мelnikova, А.V. Podossinov. Мoscow: GAUGN-Press, 2024
The current volume is dedicated to the memory of the eminent Russian historian and philologist Alexandr Vasiljevich Nazarenko. The majority of the articles deal with the history of Russian church and the ecclesiastical literature of Rus’, the problems that occupied the central place in his scientific interests in the last years of his life. Another complex of articles is connected with A.V. Nazarenko’s studies in international connections of Ancient Rus’, with Byzantium, England, Scandinavian countries. Social and political aspects of the history of Ancient Rus’ and neighbouring countries are discussed in a number of articles. The part Historiography includes a review and a survey of scientific work of the Swedish archaeologist Ingmar Jansson. The materials published in the volume will be of interest for specialists in the history of the Russian church and religion, Medieval history, as well as for students and teachers and for all interested in Russian and European Medieval history.
Table of contents
- E. A. Melnikova - Scandinavia on the Roads to Christianization, Ninth to Tenth Centuries - 1-2
- A. A. Gorsky - Princess Gyda, The Wife of Vladimir Monomakh, in the Light of A.V. Nazarenko’s Investigations - 3-4
- T. M. Kalinina - Gifts and Court Ceremonies in Ibn Fadlan’s 'Risalah' - 5-6
- E. L. Konyavskaya - Tver Fedorovsky Monastery in the 14th–15th Centuries - 7-8
- R. B. Butova - The Legacy of Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin): Museum of Antiquities in Jerusalem - 9-10
- A. F. Litvina, F. B. Uspenskij - The 1603/04 Altar Cross from the Monastery of the Intercession of our Lady in Suzdal: On the Identity of its Donator - 11-12
- T. N. Jackson - On Time in the Icelandic Sagas: O’Donoghue H. Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga: Meanings of Time in Old Norse Literature. L.; N.Y.; Oxford; New Delhi; Sydney: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 224 p. - 13-14
- A. V. Podossinov - A.V. Nazarenko as a Philologist - 15-16
- P. S. Stefanovich - An Analogy to the Chronicle’s ‘Calling-in of the Varangians’ in the 'Life of St Ansgar' - 17-18
- M. V. Bibikov - Early Medieval Latin Itineraria and Descriptions of the Holy Land - 19-20
- P. V. Lukin - 'Vechniki' in the Eleventh-Century Saxony? On the Interpretation of the Word vethenici in the 'Chronicle' of Thietmar of Merseburg - 21-22
- L. A. Belyaev - Burial Structures at Ryska Kyrkan (Visby, Gotland): Clarification of Attribution - 23-24
- A. S. Shchavelev - Attribution and Date of the Debatable Reports about the Community of Rus’ in the 9th Century: Historiographical Result - 25-26