Brill Historical Writing of Early Rus (c. 1000–c. 1400) in a Comparative Perspective: 71 (East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 71)

Product Description This book discusses the emergence, forms, composition, content, and the functions of historical writing in Rus and sets the material in a comparative context. About the Author Timofey V. Guimon, Dr.Sc(Hist.) (2014), is a researcher at the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. His publications, including the Russian-language monograph Istoriopisanie rannesrednevekovoi Anglii i Drevnei Rusi. Sravnitel’noe issledovanie (Moscow: Universitet Dmitriia Pozharskogo, 2012), are dedicated to Rus and Anglo-Saxon historical writing as well as to early literacy and written culture; more broadly, he is also interested in the practice and function of writing in pre-modern societies.