Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia

From the Eighth to the Thirteenth Century

AvAlex M. Feldman

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

What is the line between the ancient and medieval worlds? 330? 476? 800? Most historians acknowledge that these are arbitrary distinctions, but they remain nevertheless, taking on lives of their own. Alex Feldman is challenging us to see them as the same world, except for the imposition of a given monotheism.In this process, he studies top-down, monotheistic conversions in Western Eurasia and their respective mythologisations, preserved both textually and archaeologically, serving as the foundation of recognisable state-formation. Applying this idea to Byzantium's policies around the Black and Caspian Seas, he reveals how what we today call the 'Migration-Age' continued perpetually up to the Mongolian invasions and perhaps later. This book enhances our understanding, not only of Western history, but presents it in the context of global monotheisation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-08-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Byzantine Studies
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474478113

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Alex M. Feldman is a professor at the College of International Studies of Madrid

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This sweeping study challenges our understanding of conversion to monotheism in Pontic-Caspian Eurasia. Feldman’s impressive range, his immersion in languages and literatures, and his telling insights illuminate the obscure early histories of the Khazars, Volga Bulgars, Magyars, Pečenegs, Cuman-Qıpčaqs and Rus'.

Innehållsförteckning

Contents List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements A Proposition 1 The Monotheisation of Khazaria 1.1 The Earliest Textual Sources on Khazaria 1.2 The Advent of Khazarian Judaism 1.3 Monotheisation and Sedentarisation in Khazaria 1.4 Approximate Conclusions 2 A Commonwealth Inchoate 2.1 Khazaria’s Decline and Disappearance 2.2 Reinterpreting Northern Peoples in the DAI 3 Case Studies of Monotheisation in 8-13th-century Pontic-Caspian Eurasia 3.1 Volga Bulgaria 3.2 Magyars, Pečenegs and Cumans 3.3 Rus’: Byzantine Christianisation 4 Monotheisation in Metal A Reassessment of Civilisation in Pontic-Caspian Eurasia Part 1 Monotheisation Revisited Part 2 Periodisation and Civilisation Appendices Appendix 1 Gog and Magog’s association with Khazaria Appendix 2 Steppe Nomadism & Gumilëv’s Eurasian ideology Appendix 3 The Khazar-Ashkenazi Descent Theory Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary and Archaeological Literature Index