ABSTRACT
The Russian church is central to an understanding of early Russian and Slav history, but for many years there has been no accessible, up-to-date introduction to the subject in English - until now. The late John Fennell's last book, is a masterly survey of the development, nature and role of the early Church in Russia from Christianization of the country in 988, through Kievan and Tatar poeriods to 1448 when the Russian Church finally became totally independent of its mother-church in Byzantium.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |116 pages
Part one
chapter |17 pages
An Outline of Kievan History, to 1240
chapter |15 pages
The Beginnings of Kievan Christianity
chapter |10 pages
The Baptism of Vladimir and his Subjects
chapter |17 pages
The Organization of the Russian Church
chapter |11 pages
Religious Activity and Monasticism
chapter |18 pages
The Process of Christianization
chapter |14 pages
Orthodox and Latins
chapter |8 pages
Christian Writing in Kievan Russia
chapter |4 pages
The Church's Involvement in Politics
part |123 pages
Part two