The nature and the early Rus' image of Kievan princely power -- Byzantine imperial thought in theory and practice in Vladimirian-Jaroslavian Rus' -- The decline of the Varangians -- The khazars in the shadows of Kievan political thought -- The eastern slavic political and social structure
Summary
In The Nature and the Image of Princely Power in Kievan Rus', 980-1054, Walter K. Hanak provides a critical analysis of the annalistic and literary record of a newly Christianized state and its impact upon the formulation of princely authority
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-190) and index