Ties of Kinship av Christian Raffensperger

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<p>The warp and weft of political and social relationships among the medieval elite were formed by marriages made between royal families. <i>Ties of Kinship</i> establishes a new standard for tracking the dynastic marriages of the ruling family of Rus¿¿the descendants of Volodimer (Volodimerovici). Utilizing a modern scholarly approach and a broad range of primary sources from inside and outside Rus¿, Christian Raffensperger has created a fully realized picture of the Volodimerovici from the tenth through the twelfth centuries and the first comprehensive, scholarly treatment of the subject in English.</p><p></p><p>Alongside more than twenty-two genealogical charts with accompanying bibliographic information, this work presents an analysis of the Volodimerovici dynastic marriages with modern interpretations and historical contextualization that highlights the importance of Rus¿ in a medieval European framework. This study will be used by Slavists, Byzantinists, and West European medieva