Volodimer the Bold
A Counter-factual History of Eleventh-Century Rus’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16512945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Raffensperger (0000-0003-1906-5245, Wittenberg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 398-410 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Russian History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-288X • E-ISSN: 1876-3316 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18763316-04402015 |
| OpenAlex | W2727264387 |
| Language | EN |
One of the ways that we can profitably discuss what happened in the past is, counterintuitively, by asking not just “why did x happen” but “what if x did not happen?” Attempting to answer such a question involves an in-depth inquiry into the surrounding events and requires the historian to question the underlying causes of a whole host, indeed a spreading wave, of events that all might be affected by one particular change. This article posits the idea that if Volodimer, the eldest son of Iaroslav the Wise had lived to inherit – Rusian and even medieval European more broadly, history would be changed
Eleventh · Epistemology · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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