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The Battle of Kulikovo Refought
âThe First National Featâ
Series: - Russian History and Culture, Volume: 17
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The battle of Kulikovo, fought between Muscovite and Tatar troops in 1380, has been considered as a crucial turning point in the national history of Russia. In The Battle of Kulikovo Refought Kati Parppei examines the layers of contemporary meanings attached to the event from the Middle Ages to the present, following the formation and establishment of the collective images and perceptions concerning the battle.
By utilizing a diverse set of sources she shows that the present image of the medieval battle was created in retrospect from the 15th century onwards by interpolating, interpreting and simplifying. The narrative themes emphasizing internal unity have been applicable to practically any political situation over the centuries, especially to ones involving external threat.
By utilizing a diverse set of sources she shows that the present image of the medieval battle was created in retrospect from the 15th century onwards by interpolating, interpreting and simplifying. The narrative themes emphasizing internal unity have been applicable to practically any political situation over the centuries, especially to ones involving external threat.
Kati Parppei, Ph. D. (2010), University of Eastern Finland, is Academy Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Russian History at that university. Amongst her previous publications is "The Oldest One in Russia": The Formation of the Historiographical Image of Valaam Monastery (Brill, 2011).
Foreword and acknowledgements
List of maps and illustrations
Maps
Illustrations
Introduction
âLight of freedom began to dawnâ
âHistoryâs turning pointsâ
The battle of Kulikovo as âmythscapeâ
Hindsight and narrative
About the structure of the book
Part 1 The medieval and pre-modern battlefield
1.1. The battle of Kulikovo in the early sources
1.2. The first chronicle entries
1.3. New cluster of texts
1.4. The Life of Dmitrii Ivanovich
1.5. Poetic Zadonshchina
1.6. Expanded Chronicle Tale
Oleg of Riazan â âthe new Judasâ
Churchmen enter the scene
Anticipation and divine miracles
1.7. Vassian Ryloâs letter to Ivan III
1.8. The Tale of the Rout of Mamai
âLike a flock of sheepâ
Allies of Mamai and Dmitrii
Role of Dmitriiâs family
Involvement of the Trinity Monastery
Metropolitans alive and dead
Omens and comparisons
Events on the battlefield
Image of Dmitrii in âThe Taleâ
List of motifs: the plot-structure is established
1.9. Further developments
Nikon Chronicle
Book of Degrees
Zadonshchina : the longer version
Our Lady of the Don â and Vladimir
Part 2 From manuscripts to national history writing
Entering the age of print
2.1. The Kievan Sinopsis â the first history textbook
âSlavo-Rossianâ viewpoint
The adventures of Zakhariia Tiuchev
Other details in the Sinopsis
2.2. Historiansâ Kulikovo takes shape
First steps in national history writing
Mankievâs âsecular Kulikovoâ
V. N. Tatishchevâs detailed narrative
M. M. Shcherbatovâs critical touch
I. N. Boltin: defending the virtues of the Muscovite Grand Prince
2.3. âFirst National Victoryâ: Russian National Historiography and the Kulikovo Battle
Scholarly developments
N. M. Karamzinâs patriotic viewpoint
N. A. Polevoi â a critic who failed
S. M. Solovâev: âEurope over Asiaâ
N. I. Kostomarov: Dmitrii as a man of âpoor talentâ
V. O. Kliuchevskii: âThe first national victoryâ
Later developments
Part 3 Popular Kulikovo
3.1. Popular-historical publications
The first attempts
Productive Gurâianov
Kazadaevâs post-Napoleonic ideas
Afremovâs military details
500-year celebrations: Ilovaiskiiâs âhistorical viewpointâ
The Ottoman question
3.2. School textbooks
Ilovaiskii and the role of Riazan
Ostrogorskii fulfilling âcertain didactic criteriaâ
âThe first national featâ
The active role of Dmitrii
S. F. Platonovâs enduring interpretations
3.3. Lubok literature
âThe horrible rout of Mamaiâ
3.4. Oral tradition
Historical songs and the âSaturday of Dmitriiâ
Afanasâev and âgodless Mamaiâ
Kulikovo in bylinas
3.5. Plays and poetry
Ozerov and âDmitrii Donskoiâ
Poems inspired by Kulikovo
3.6. Visual battlefield
Kulikovo in artworks
Monument to Kulikovo
Epilogue: Notes on Soviet and post-Soviet Kulikovo
âContemporary Kulikovo fieldsâ
St. Dmitrii Donskoi
Kulikovo in images
Mythscape challenged
Conclusions
Abbreviations
Sources
Printed chronicle sources
Other printed sources
Virtual sources
Literature
List of maps and illustrations
Maps
Illustrations
Introduction
âLight of freedom began to dawnâ
âHistoryâs turning pointsâ
The battle of Kulikovo as âmythscapeâ
Hindsight and narrative
About the structure of the book
Part 1 The medieval and pre-modern battlefield
1.1. The battle of Kulikovo in the early sources
1.2. The first chronicle entries
1.3. New cluster of texts
1.4. The Life of Dmitrii Ivanovich
1.5. Poetic Zadonshchina
1.6. Expanded Chronicle Tale
Oleg of Riazan â âthe new Judasâ
Churchmen enter the scene
Anticipation and divine miracles
1.7. Vassian Ryloâs letter to Ivan III
1.8. The Tale of the Rout of Mamai
âLike a flock of sheepâ
Allies of Mamai and Dmitrii
Role of Dmitriiâs family
Involvement of the Trinity Monastery
Metropolitans alive and dead
Omens and comparisons
Events on the battlefield
Image of Dmitrii in âThe Taleâ
List of motifs: the plot-structure is established
1.9. Further developments
Nikon Chronicle
Book of Degrees
Zadonshchina : the longer version
Our Lady of the Don â and Vladimir
Part 2 From manuscripts to national history writing
Entering the age of print
2.1. The Kievan Sinopsis â the first history textbook
âSlavo-Rossianâ viewpoint
The adventures of Zakhariia Tiuchev
Other details in the Sinopsis
2.2. Historiansâ Kulikovo takes shape
First steps in national history writing
Mankievâs âsecular Kulikovoâ
V. N. Tatishchevâs detailed narrative
M. M. Shcherbatovâs critical touch
I. N. Boltin: defending the virtues of the Muscovite Grand Prince
2.3. âFirst National Victoryâ: Russian National Historiography and the Kulikovo Battle
Scholarly developments
N. M. Karamzinâs patriotic viewpoint
N. A. Polevoi â a critic who failed
S. M. Solovâev: âEurope over Asiaâ
N. I. Kostomarov: Dmitrii as a man of âpoor talentâ
V. O. Kliuchevskii: âThe first national victoryâ
Later developments
Part 3 Popular Kulikovo
3.1. Popular-historical publications
The first attempts
Productive Gurâianov
Kazadaevâs post-Napoleonic ideas
Afremovâs military details
500-year celebrations: Ilovaiskiiâs âhistorical viewpointâ
The Ottoman question
3.2. School textbooks
Ilovaiskii and the role of Riazan
Ostrogorskii fulfilling âcertain didactic criteriaâ
âThe first national featâ
The active role of Dmitrii
S. F. Platonovâs enduring interpretations
3.3. Lubok literature
âThe horrible rout of Mamaiâ
3.4. Oral tradition
Historical songs and the âSaturday of Dmitriiâ
Afanasâev and âgodless Mamaiâ
Kulikovo in bylinas
3.5. Plays and poetry
Ozerov and âDmitrii Donskoiâ
Poems inspired by Kulikovo
3.6. Visual battlefield
Kulikovo in artworks
Monument to Kulikovo
Epilogue: Notes on Soviet and post-Soviet Kulikovo
âContemporary Kulikovo fieldsâ
St. Dmitrii Donskoi
Kulikovo in images
Mythscape challenged
Conclusions
Abbreviations
Sources
Printed chronicle sources
Other printed sources
Virtual sources
Literature
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