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Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures
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Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures is a thematic essay volume to investigate the history and function of enigma in Orthodox Slavic cultures with a special focus on the cultural history of R...
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04 March 2024

Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures is a thematic essay volume to investigate the history and function of enigma in Orthodox Slavic cultures with a special focus on the cultural history of Rus and Muscovy. Its seventeen case studies across disciplinary boundaries analyze Slavic biblical and patristic translations, liturgical commentaries, occult divinatory texts, and dream interpretations. Slavic riddles inscribed on walls and compilations of riddles in question-and-answer format are all subjects of this volume. Not only written, but also pictorial enigmas are examined, together with their relationships to texts suggesting novel methodologies for their deciphering. This kaleidoscopic survey of Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures by an international group of scholars demonstrates the historiographical challenges that medieval enigmatic thought poses for researchers and offers new approaches to the interpretation of medieval sources, both verbal and visual.
Price: $109.99
Pages: 408
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Publication Date:
04 March 2024
ISBN: 9783110779103
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HIS010010 HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
Ágnes Kriza, London, Großbritannien; William Francis Ryan, London, Großbritannien.
Ágnes Kriza, London, United Kingdom; William Francis Ryan, London, United Kingdom.
Ágnes Kriza, London, United Kingdom; William Francis Ryan, London, United Kingdom.