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Aufsatzsammlung
Author_Simon Franklin
Byzantine influence on Russian identity
Byzantine reception
Byzantinisches Reich
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Christendom
Christianity and culture
Christianity and culture Kievan Rus
Christianity and culture Kyivan Rus
Christianity and culture Russia
Civilization
Civilization Byzantine influences
cultural transmission theory
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Europe Kyivan Rus
Geschichte 862-1237
Kievan Rus Civilization Byzantine influences
Kievan Rus literacy
Kiewer Reich
medieval Slavic translation
Orthodox Christian tradition
Russia
Russia Civilization
Slavonic manuscript studies
Product details
- ISBN 9780860788904
- Weight: 810g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Christian culture of Rus (the medieval precursor of modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) is sometimes presented either as a reflection of an indigenous spirituality wrapped in borrowed (Byzantine) forms or, by contrast, as merely a provincial version of its Byzantine original. The essays in this volume start from the premise that neither view is adequate. The history of culture - even of a self-consciously imitative culture - involves a continual process of inevitable 'mistranslation', as the imported models are reshaped and reinterpreted according to local resources, circumstances and preconceptions. These essays explore aspects of the 'translation of culture' on several levels: from the semantic processes of the actual translation of written texts from Greek into Slavonic, through to larger issues of ideology and identity. They consider both the initial stages of such 'translation' (from Byzantium to Rus) and some of the subsequent 'retranslations' of the Byzantine heritage in the culture of Rus and - eventually - of Russia.
Simon Franklin, Clare College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
