Chrzest Rusi w ujęciu Jana Skylitzesa
The baptism of Rus’ according to Jan Skylitzes
Author(s): Jacek BonarekSubject(s): History, Diplomatic history, Ethnohistory, Military history, Political history, Ancient World, Middle Ages, Theology and Religion
Published by: Instytut Historii UJK - Filia w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim
Keywords: John Skylitzes; Byzantium Rus’, christianization of Kievan Rus’; Rus’-Byzantine relations
Summary/Abstract: The work of John Skylitzes (Synopsis historion) embracing thehistory of Byzantium from the 9th till the 11th century, written in thetimes of Aleksy Komnen – when Rus’ had already been a christianizedcountry – allows to view the attitudes of Byzantines towardsthe process of christianization of Rus’. Namely, John Skylitzes providestwo descriptions of how Christian faith was adopted by Rus’(under the reign of Michael II and then Basil I) and mentions thechristening of Princess Olga, while completely neglecting the actualChristianization of Kievan Rus’ during the reign of Vladimir I theSaint. Thus, the narration rendered by John Skylitzes indicates thatRuthenia entered the Christian ecumene only once, that is, in the 9thcentury
Journal: Piotrkowskie Zeszyty Historyczne
- Issue Year: 19/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 33-47
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Polish