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"The oldest one in Russia" : the formation of the historiographical image of Valaam Monastery /

Contributing, for instance, to the fields of nationality and borderland studies, this book offers a fascinating study of the process of "writing a worthy past" for the Russian Orthodox monastery of Valaam during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parppei, Kati
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Colección:Russian history and culture ; v. 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Premises of success
  • Quest for the past
  • "The oldest in Russia"
  • ideas about the monastery's origins
  • "The Holy pair": the founder cult of Sergei and German of Valaam
  • "Spiritual heroes": saintly pantheon of Valaam
  • "The dishonoured ones": encounters with the West.