The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246 Martin Dimnik

Book DescriptionExamining the later twelfth- and early thirteenth-century history of the dynasty of Chernigov, this study demonstrates that the princes of Chernigov were among the most powerful in Kievan Rus". It therefore challenges the established viewof the political history of Kievan Rus". Unlike other studies, it also examines in detail themes such as succession and inheritance, rivalries for domains, marriage alliances, the role of trade in inter-dynastic relations, nomadic incursions on Rus", andprincely relations with the Church.Download DescriptionHistorians in pre-revolutionary Russia, in the Soviet Union, in contemporary Russia, and in the West have consistently relegated the medieval dynasty of Chernigov to a place of minor importance in Kievan Rus". This view was reinforced by the evidence that, after the Mongols invaded Rus" in 1237, the two branches from the House of Monomakh living in the Rostov-Suzdal" and Galicia-Volyn" regions emerged as the most powerful. However, careful examination of the chronicle accounts reporting the dynasty"s history during the second half of the twelfth and the first half of the thirteenth century shows that the Ol"govichi of Chernigov successfully challenged the Monomashichi for supremacy in Rus". Through acritical analysis of the available primary sources (such as chronicles, archaeology, coins, seals, "graffiti" in churches, and architecture) this book attempts correct the pervading erroneous view by allocating to the Ol"govichi their rightful place in the dynastic hierarchy of Kievan Rus". Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246 (Martin Dimnik)