Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 16233
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Kennedy , Craig.
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  • Title: Fathers, Sons, and Brothers: Ties of Metaphorical Kinship Between the Muscovite Grand Princes and the Tatar Elite [The author examines the connections established between Muscovite princes and Mongol allies. He argues that the hierarchy in family relationships was useful for conveying political status. Since both cultures gave similar meanings to birth order and age, it worked well. In some cases multiple connections (e.g. son and brother) were established when the relationship was somehwat ambiguous. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Harvard Ukrainian Studies 19, ( 1995): Pages 292 - 301. Kamen' Kraeog "I'n": Rhetoric of the Medieval Slavic World: Essays Presented to Edward L. Keenan on His Sixtieth Birthday by His Colleagues and Students. Edited by Nancy Shields Kollmann, Donald Ostrowski, Andrei Pliguzov, and Daniel Rowland.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Diplomacy Family, Image of Male Friendship Man Man Relationships Mongols, People Muscovy Noble Men Politics Social Class
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  • Geographic Area: Russia
  • Century: 15- 16
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  • Year of Publication: 1995.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03635570