medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Tom,
Stella Rock, at the University of Sussex, I believe, who at least used
to be a list member (are you still with us, Stella?) has just written a
book on "pagan" survivals in Russian religion. She would probably be a
good person to ask about this.
Cheers,
Jim
Luongo, F. Thomas wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> A student has submitted to me a proposal for a thesis on the 12^th
> -century poem, “The Lay of Igor’s Campaign,” proposing to study it for
> evidence of the persistence of paganism and the influence of
> “paganism” on the “formation of the medieval Russian mind.” The
> overall point of the thesis seems to be that paganism—whatever this is
> taken to mean--was a decisive influence on Russian culture in the
> Middle Ages.
>
> If the student were proposing a similar thesis on a western European
> topic, it would strike me as obviously naïve. I can direct the student
> to some basic scholarship on Christianization in medieval Europe, the
> problem of “popular” religion, and so on. But I know very little about
> medieval Russia.
>
> Can someone help me with suggestions for scholarship to which I might
> direct this student—in English or in Russian? And can someone tell me,
> is the question of the influence of paganism a live one in scholarship
> on medieval Russian literature or religious culture?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tom
>
> F. Thomas Luongo, Ph.D.
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