The Princely Power Between Regional and Super-Regional Identities According to the Life of Mikhail of Tver’ (Early 14th Century)

The article analyzes the Life of Mikhail of Tver’ — a work written around 1320 in the Tver’ land, which glorified the martyrdom of the prince executed in the Horde. The author asks the question, the ruler or leader of which community prince Mikhail acted in the Life. As he shows, the hagiographer indicated several such communities. The prince acted as the hereditary ruler of the Tver’ land and the “tsar” of the Rus’ian land, by which the Great Princedom of Vladimir was meant. It was also very important to present the prince as a protector of (potentially all) Christians. According to the author, the different statuses and functions of the prince reflected the multiple identities of the Russian population, which the hagiographer conveyed in the Life.

Keywords

history of Tver, Life of Mikhail of Tver, princely power, Russian identity, local identity

Acknowledgment

The reported study was funded by RSF, project No. 23-28-01032.

Received

01.03.2024

Publication date

15.07.2024

Number of characters

43761

Cite

GOST	Stefanovich P. The Princely Power Between Regional and Super-Regional Identities According to the Life of Mikhail of Tver’ (Early 14th Century) // ISTORIYA – 2024. – V. 15. – Issue 5 (139) [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840031593-1-1 (circulation date: 26.07.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840031593-1
MLA	Stefanovich, Peter "The Princely Power Between Regional and Super-Regional Identities According to the Life of Mikhail of Tver’ (Early 14th Century)." ISTORIYA 15.5 (139) (2024) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840031593-1
APA	Stefanovich P. (2024). The Princely Power Between Regional and Super-Regional Identities According to the Life of Mikhail of Tver’ (Early 14th Century). ISTORIYA 15(5 (139)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840031593-1

100 rub.

When subscribing to an article or issue, the user can download PDF, evaluate the publication or contact the author. Need to register.

Number of purchasers: 0, views: 3

Readers community rating: votes 0

1. Halperin C. The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus’ Land. Leeds etc., 2022.

2. Jenkins R. Social Identity. Abingdon, 2008.

3. Gorodilin S. V. «Vsi knyazi Suzhdal'stii»: k voprosu o sostave soyuznikov i protivnikov knyazya Mikhaila Yaroslavicha v kontse 1317—1318 gg. Ch. I // Tver', tverskaya zemlya i sopredel'nye territorii v ehpokhu srednevekov'ya. Tver', 2019. Vyp. 12. S. 180—190; Ch. II // Tver', tverskaya zemlya i sopredel'nye territorii v ehpokhu srednevekov'ya. Tver', 2020. Vyp. 13. S. 68—85.

4. Gorskij A. A. Ponyatie «suzdal'skij» v politicheskom leksikone XII—XIV vv. // Na poroge tysyacheletiya: Suzdal' v istorii i kul'ture Rossii. K 990-letiyu upominaniya Suzdalya v letopisyakh. Vladimir, 2015. S. 27—32.

5. Gorskij A. A. Russkoe srednevekovoe obschestvo: istoriko-terminologicheskij spravochnik. SPb., 2019.

6. Zhitie Mikhaila Yaroslavicha Tverskogo / podg. V. I. Okhotnikova, S. A. Semyachko // Biblioteka literatury Drevnej Rusi. SPb., 1999. T. 6. S. 68—91.

7. Konyavskaya E. L. Ocherki po istorii tverskoj literatury XIV—XV vv. M., 2007.

8. Krom M. M. Patriotizm, ili Dym otechestva. SPb., 2020.

9. Kuchkin V. A. O prinyatii Mikhailom Yaroslavichem Tverskim i vladimirskimi knyaz'yami titula «velikij knyaz' vseya Rusi» // Mikhail Yaroslavich Tverskoj — velikij knyaz' vseya Rusi / red. V. A. Kuchkin, E. L. Konyavskaya. Tver', 2008. S. 8—21.

10. Kuchkin V. A. Povesti o Mikhaile Tverskom. Istoriko-tekstologicheskoe issledovanie. M., 1974.

11. Kuchkin V. A. Prostrannaya redaktsiya Povesti o Mikhaile Tverskom // Srednevekovaya Rus'. M., 1999. Vyp. 2. S. 116—163.

12. Laushkin A. V. Rus' i sosedi: istoriya ehtnokonfessional'nykh predstavlenij v drevnerusskoj knizhnosti XI—XIII vv. M., 2019.

13. Rudakov V. N. Mongolo-tatary glazami drevnerusskikh knizhnikov serediny XIII—XV vv. M., 2014.

14. Stefanovich P. S. Novye podkhody k ehtnichnosti v medievistike: vzglyad iz «drevnerusskoj perspektivy» // Istoricheskaya pamyat' i rossijskaya identichnost'. M., 2018. S. 467—486.

15. Stefanovich P. S. Rus' / Russkaya zemlya v severo-vostochnykh tekstakh kontsa XII v. — nachala XIV v. // Drevnyaya Rus': Voprosy medievistiki. 2023. № 4 (94). S. 45—58.