Property, Power, And Authority In Rus And Latin Europe, Ca. 1000-1236 eBook

This book intertwines two themes in medieval studies hitherto kept apart: comparisons of Latin and Orthodox Europe and the "e;feudal revolution"e; of the late- and post-Carolingian periods. The book broadens the debate by comparing texts written in "e;learned"e; and "e;vulgar"e; Latin, Church Slavonic, Anglo-Norman, and East Slavonic. From this comparison, the Kingdom of the Rus appears as a regional variation of European society. This suggests current interpretations overemphasize factors unique to the medieval West and overlook deeper pan-European processes.