Essays on the history of medieval Novgorod: Valentin Yanin

Medieval Novgorod has always attracted the attention of researchers. For some, he was revered as the birthplace of the Russian monarchy. For others, he became a symbol of republican aspirations and a cradle of veche democracy. Large -scale archaeological research of Novgorod in recent decades has repeatedly multiplied the sum of sources on the history of this city and state. The opening of birch bark letters, the number of which today exceeds 1000 copies, allowed to hear the voices of the Novgorodians who lived in the XI-XV centuries, and solve many problems that were previously considered controversial. The mechanism of the emergence of Novgorod boyars and boyar land ownership became clear. The stages of the formation of republican state governance bodies are clarified. The role of Novgorod in the system of European trade and cultural ties was indicated. The role of the prince invited to Novgorod, whose activity was sharply limited, was most specified. At the same time, the reasons for the crisis of the veche line, which occurred in the second half of the XIV century, became clear …

Author
Yanin Valentin Lavrentievich
Editor
Neverov A.
Publisher
Russian world, 2014
Series
Literary Prize of Alexander Solzhenitsyn