| Titre | Compte rendu du livre de G. Podskalsky, Christentum und theologische Literatur in der Kiever Rus' (988-1237) | |
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| Auteur | Matei Cazacu | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 24, no 4, octobre-décembre 1983 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Compte rendu et article |
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| Page | 493-497 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Gerhard Podskalsky, Contribution of Kiev's metropolitans, of bishops and monks of Greek origin to the original old Russian literature (theology), 988-1281.
Contrary to the growingly nationalist - and therefore anti- Greek - attitude characterizing the Russian state at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of modern times, the Kievan culture (988-1237, or even 1281) is unimaginable without the literary contribution of Byzantine hierarchs, even when reduced to theological polemics — of which they have the monopoly - and to canon law.
Works that deserve special mention because of their extensive scope of views are those of Metropolitans of Kiev, John II (Ioann, 1076/77-1089), Nicephorus I (Nikifor, 1104-1121), and also of Theodosius the Greek (Feodosii, 12th century), abbot of the Kievan Monastery of the Caves. This group of authors, which had never been studied until now and whose importance had never been stressed or was under-estimated by the Soviet research, constitutes nevertheless one fifth of the known authors of that period; it is principally they who are responsible for the spiritual break between Russia and the West before the Mongol invasion. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1983_num_24_4_1995 |
