Christian Russia in the Making

Andrzej Poppe is Emeritus Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland.

Contents: Preface; The Rurikid dynasty or 700 years of shaping Eastern Europe; Once again concerning the baptism of Olga, Archontissa of Rus' (with addendum); How the conversion of Rus' was understood in the 11th century; Two concepts of the conversion of Rus' in Kievan writings; The Christianization and ecclesiastical structure of Kievan Rus' to 1300; Leontios, Abbot of Patmos, candidate for the metropolitan see of Rus'; Losers on earth, winners from heaven. The assassination of Boris and Gleb in the making of 11th-century Rus'; The sainthood of Vladimir the Great: veneration in-the-making; Words in the service of the authority: on the title of 'Grand Prince' in Kievan Russia (with addendum); On the title of 'Grand Prince' in the Tale of Ihor's Campaign; Some observations on the bronze doors of St. Sophia in Novgorod (with addendum); On the so-called Chersonian antiquities (with addendum); Index.