Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The papacy, 1024–1122
- 3 The western empire under the Salians
- 4 Italy in the eleventh century
- 5 The kingdom of the Franks to 1108
- 6 Spain in the eleventh century
- 7 England and Normandy 1042–1137
- 8 The Byzantine Empire, 1025–1118
- 9 Kievan Rus’, the Bulgars and the southern Slavs, c. 1020 – c. 1200
- 10 Poland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
- 11 Scandinavia in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
- 12 Hungary in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
- 13 The papacy, 1122–1198
- 14 The western empire, 1125–1197
- 15 Italy in the twelfth century
- 16 Spain in the twelfth century
- 17 The kingdom of the Franks from Louis VI to Philip II
- 18 England and the Angevin dominions, 1137–1204
- 19 Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the Twelfth Century
- 20 The Byzantine Empire, 1118–1204
- 21 The Latin East, 1098–1205
- 22 ’Abbasids, Fatimids and Seljuqs
- 23 Zengids, Ayyubids and Seljuqs
- Appendix: genealogical tables
- List of primary sources
- Bibliography of Secondary Works Arranged by Chapter
- Index
- Map 1a The western empire: Burgundy and Provence in the eleventh century"
- Map 1b The western empire: Germany and the north-eastern frontier of Christendom in the eleventh century"
- Map 3 The kingdom of the Franks"
- Map 4 England and Normandy"
- Map 10 Germany under Frederick Barbarossa, c. 1190">
- Map 12 The Angevin empire"
- References
9 - Kievan Rus’, the Bulgars and the southern Slavs, c. 1020 – c. 1200
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2008
- Frontmatter
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The papacy, 1024–1122
- 3 The western empire under the Salians
- 4 Italy in the eleventh century
- 5 The kingdom of the Franks to 1108
- 6 Spain in the eleventh century
- 7 England and Normandy 1042–1137
- 8 The Byzantine Empire, 1025–1118
- 9 Kievan Rus’, the Bulgars and the southern Slavs, c. 1020 – c. 1200
- 10 Poland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
- 11 Scandinavia in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
- 12 Hungary in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
- 13 The papacy, 1122–1198
- 14 The western empire, 1125–1197
- 15 Italy in the twelfth century
- 16 Spain in the twelfth century
- 17 The kingdom of the Franks from Louis VI to Philip II
- 18 England and the Angevin dominions, 1137–1204
- 19 Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the Twelfth Century
- 20 The Byzantine Empire, 1118–1204
- 21 The Latin East, 1098–1205
- 22 ’Abbasids, Fatimids and Seljuqs
- 23 Zengids, Ayyubids and Seljuqs
- Appendix: genealogical tables
- List of primary sources
- Bibliography of Secondary Works Arranged by Chapter
- Index
- Map 1a The western empire: Burgundy and Provence in the eleventh century"
- Map 1b The western empire: Germany and the north-eastern frontier of Christendom in the eleventh century"
- Map 3 The kingdom of the Franks"
- Map 4 England and Normandy"
- Map 10 Germany under Frederick Barbarossa, c. 1190">
- Map 12 The Angevin empire"
- References
Summary
KIEVAN RUS’, 1024–1204
In 1024 Mstislav of Tmutarakan’ defeated his elder brother Jaroslav of Novgorod at Listven north of Chernigov and partitioned Rus’ into two autonomous principalities. Jaroslav got Kiev and the right (west) bank of the Dnepr as well as Novgorod; Mstislav kept Chernigov and the left (east) bank in addition to the principality of Tmutarakan’ on the north-east shore of the Black Sea. However, after the latter died (1034) Jaroslav appropriated Mstislav’s domain and this made him the most powerful ruler in the land. He controlled all of Rus’ except for two patrimonies: Polotsk belonged to the family of his elder brother Izyaslav, and Pskov, south-west of Novgorod, was the domain of his brother Sudislav.
Jaroslav established friendly ties with the Poles, the Swedes, the Norwegians, the Germans and the French, but his relations with Byzantium were strained. In 1043 he ordered his eldest son Vladimir of Novgorod to attack the Greeks, but after the expedition failed he restored good relations with them. In 1036 Jaroslav’s victory over the Petcheneks secured safe passage for merchants travelling from Kiev to Constantinople. He also helped the Novgorodians to wage expansionist campaigns against the neighbouring Finns and Lithuanians.
Jaroslav’s reign was one of the high points in the history of Rus’ and his achievements earned for him the sobriquet ‘the Wise’. To consolidate his authority, to protect trade routes and to defend the frontiers he established new fortified towns. He helped to lay the foundation for a codified law by issuing ‘The Russian Law’ (Pravda russkaya). He imported Greek craftsmen to build churches and monasteries. He encouraged religious and secular learning by assembling a library and patronizing the translation of Greek and Old Church Slavonic texts. In 1051, wishing to assert the independence of the church in Rus’ Jaroslav named the hermit Hilarion as the first native metropolitan.
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- The New Cambridge Medieval History , pp. 254 - 276Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004