The Russian Middle Ages: People, Temples, and the Economy of Salvation
49.99 €
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The Russian Middle Ages: People, Temples, and the Economy of Salvation
49.99 €
A new book by renowned medieval historians Dmitry Antonov and Lyudmila Sukina explores the religious culture of the Russian Middle Ages, a way of life in which faith permeated every human action—from farm work to judicial oaths, from pilgrimages to domestic life.
The authors present their narrative in a way that allows the reader to understand the important traditions and concepts of the Russian Middle Ages and how various ideas and practices were interconnected.
The book reveals how the idea of saving a person, their soul, permeated virtually the entire economy of medieval Rus' and, as a result, how the economy worked to support the idea of saving the soul.
The book features over 130 illustrations, including rare images from museum archives.
Icons and relics, God's judgment, pilgrimages, and gifts to saints—the book immerses the reader in a popular science journey into the everyday religious culture of medieval Rus'. Understanding the Russian Middle Ages is impossible without considering how people lived among sacred symbols, interacted with icons, shrines, monasteries, and rituals, perceiving the world as a space where the divine constantly intervenes in earthly affairs.
This book will be especially interesting to anyone studying history and anthropology, and anyone curious about the historical reality of the religious life of their ancestors, rather than the idealized version found in schools.
The authors present their narrative in a way that allows the reader to understand the important traditions and concepts of the Russian Middle Ages and how various ideas and practices were interconnected.
The book reveals how the idea of saving a person, their soul, permeated virtually the entire economy of medieval Rus' and, as a result, how the economy worked to support the idea of saving the soul.
The book features over 130 illustrations, including rare images from museum archives.
Icons and relics, God's judgment, pilgrimages, and gifts to saints—the book immerses the reader in a popular science journey into the everyday religious culture of medieval Rus'. Understanding the Russian Middle Ages is impossible without considering how people lived among sacred symbols, interacted with icons, shrines, monasteries, and rituals, perceiving the world as a space where the divine constantly intervenes in earthly affairs.
This book will be especially interesting to anyone studying history and anthropology, and anyone curious about the historical reality of the religious life of their ancestors, rather than the idealized version found in schools.
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