quiz 1 Flashcards
(22 cards)
The Primary Chronicles
compiled by monks in the eleventh century, recounting that since there was no order among slavic tribes in the 800s, they invited a Varangian named Riurik and his two brothers to come rule over them
Varangians
term used for swedish viking
Riurik
earliest known leader of the Rus
Obshchina
a farming commune that usually consisted of several extended families
Boyar
fighting men in Kiev, served particular princes
Smerdy
peasants
Vladimir the Christianizer
rules from 978-1015
Sobornost
means “spirit of the congregation”
Veche
a town council dominated by merchants
Boyar duma
a body of the highest-rankings nobles who in theory advised the prince
Saints Cyril and Methodius
developed a written language that was based on greek but transcribed the spoken slavic language quite well
Golden Age of Kievan Russia
a period of almost three centuries that began in 988, when the region was Christianized, and ended in 1240
Yaroslav (Iaroslav) the Wise
prince of the kiev 1019-1054
Tatars (Tartars)
an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name “Tatar” across Eastern Europe and Asia
Lord Novgorod the Great
Temuchen/Chengiz Khan/Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire
Golden Horde
rule by charter lasting from 1240-1480
Batu Khan-
grandson of ghenghis khan
Yarlyk
charter of authority
Alexander Nevsky
national hero in Russia because he defeated the german order of Teutonic Knights, was permitted to rule novgorod and assume title of grand prince as long as he acknowledged Mongol overlordship
Pantocrat
-a title of Christ represented as the ruler of the universe, especially in Byzantine church decoration
Latin heresies
“school of thought or sect,”
