Eastern Orthodox Church

[xiii.d] A family of self-governing churches following the doctrine of the Seven Ecumenical Councils. ...

From A New Dictionary of Religions

From “Proto-Slavs” to Proto-State

In one sense the “Russian History” of the title of this collective work begins with the first accounts ...

By P. M. Barford

From A Companion to Russian History

The First East Slavic State

The first attested East Slavic state has come to be known as Kievan (Kyivan) Rus′. In broad outline its ...

By Janet Martin

From A Companion to Russian History

The Mongols and Rus′: Eight Paradigms

The relationship of the Mongols with Rus′ is one of those controversial topics that finds no consensus ...

By Donald Ostrowski

From A Companion to Russian History

Central-Eastern Europe

Traditional syntheses of the history of European culture have used the concept of the classical tradition ...

By Jerzy Axer

From A Companion to the Classical Tradition