Saluting Aron Gurevich

Yelena Mazour-Matusevich, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, is a specialist in the late medieval-early modern European religious thought. She has published extensively on the late medieval theologian Jean Gerson and his legacy, including her book Le siècle d’or de la mystique française (Paris/Milan 2004) as well as on a variety of other subjects including a recent comparative study on Nietzsche and Bakhtin. She is President of the Jean Gerson's Society and a member of the advisory board for the Crosscurrents magazine, NY.Alexandra S. Korros, Ph.D (1974) in History, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., is Professor of History at Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. A specialist in late Imperial Russia, Korros has published extensively on the State Council of the Russian Empire, and political institutions in pre-revolutionary Russia including A Reluctant Parliament (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002).

"This fine volume honors the memory of the great Russian medievalist Aron Gurevich in the most appropriate way: by offering essays that, in their intellectual rigor and lively historical imagination, respond to his model and inspiration. Some of the authors explore topics to which Gurevich himself made signal contributions: medieval Christianity and popular culture, the individual and society, Scandinavia and Muscovy. Others situate Gurevich in relation to major currents and concepts in social history and cultural studies, from the semiotics of Yuri Lotman to Mikhail Bakhtin’s notion of the carnivalesque and the histoire des mentalités of the Annales school. Framing these scholarly essays are a personal memoir by Gurevich’s cousin, Alexandra Korros, and a wide-ranging interview with Gurevich conducted by Yelena Mazour-Matusevich. Taken as a whole, these various contributions testify to the enduring influence of a scholar as noteworthy for his intellectual integrity as for his scholarly creativity and independence of mind."Daniel Bornstein, Professor of History and Religious Studies and Stella K. Darrow Professor of Catholic Studies, Washington University in St. Louis

• AcknowledgementsForeword: Aron Gurevich: A View from IndiaHarbans Mukhia Introduction: Saluting Aron Iakovlevich Gurevich: Studies in History, Literature and Related SubjectsYelena Mazour-Matusevich**Gurevich, the PersonApril 1970: Gurevich’s Attitudes toward the Soviet Academic System: a Personal MemoirAlexandra S. Korros**Gurevich in the Context of Soviet and Western HistoriographyA. Ia. Gurevich’s Contribution to Soviet and Russian Historiography: From Social-Psychology to Historical AnthropologyRoger MarkwickAron Gurevich’s Dialogue with the AnnalesPeter Burke**Muscovite RussiaRussia Between East and West: Diplomatic Reports During the Reign of Ivan IVCharles HalperinHealers and Witches in Early Modern RussiaEve Levin**Scandinavia and Northern EuropeIndividuals, Friends and Kinsmen in Medieval Iceland: The legacy of Aron GurevichEva ÖsterbergMedieval Ireland and Iceland—Worlds Apart?Michael RichterHeroic Violence, Individual Identity, and Community ReflectionAndrew Cowell**Christianity and Medieval Popular CultureL’émergence de la compassion dans le regard sur la Passion au moyen âge: Franciscanisme et mentalité populaireJean-Pierre DelvilleThe Bleeding Host of Dijon: Its Place in the History of Eucharistic DevotionThomas IzbickiSome Aspects of Aron Gurevich’s Dialogue with MikhailBakhtin on Medieval Popular CultureYelena Mazour-Matusevich**Gurevich and the New Generation of Russian HistoriansChess as a Metaphor for Medieval SocietySvetlana LuchitskayaAron Gurevich’s Medieval IndividualYuri Zaretsky and Boris Stepanov**Gurevich in his Own WordsSalute to Aron GurevichJacques Le GoffWriting Medieval History: An Interview with Aron GurevichYelena Mazour-MatusevichAron Ia Gurevich: BibliographyContributorsNames IndexConcept Index