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Святой благоверный князь Александр и папская курия

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Picková D.

Prague Papers on the History of International Relations

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2017

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issue 1

38-50

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This article focuses on attempts of the Papal Curia to establish contacts with the Prince of Novgorod and subsequently the Grand Prince of Vladimir Alexander Nevsky, as Eastern Europe suffered devastating invasion of Mongols and the impending establishment of their domination. At the Council of Lyon in 1245 the papacy presented the idea of assisting Russian princes against the Mongolian conquerors. However, this plan was tied to a rather fantastical project of a Catholic mission to Orthodox Russians which would have enabled mending of the East-West Schism. In addition, the Russian principalities were to fulfil the role of a defensive barrier intended to prevent another Mongolian invasion to the West. While Daniil Romanovich, the Prince of Galicia-Volhynia, accepted Pope’s offer, temporarily converted to Catholicism and was subsequently crowned a king, Alexander denied a similar offer of pope Innocent IV to become a Catholic. The author’s aim is to adjust the traditional image of Alexander Nevsky as a rigorous defender of Orthodoxy and intransigent enemy of both the Catholicism and a church union. Alexander was a rationally thinking and pragmatic politician and did not decline dealing with Catholics solely for their different religious beliefs. Naturally, the Grand Prince was a proponent of Orthodoxy, cooperated extensively with the Russian Orthodox Church and the idea of a church union was inadmissible to him. The reasons for Alexander’s behaviour did not stem merely from confessional differences but rather had their own political dimensions. The alliance with the Papal Curia was simply of no value to Alexander. Firstly, the assistance offered by the Pope never materialized — as Daniil had to painfully experience. Secondly, the Grand Prince could not have foreseen what kind of relation between the emerging Horde and Russian principalities would have developed, and therefore decided to pursue the policy of non-resistance towards the Mongols.

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Aleksander Newski – święty mnich i bohater wschodniej Słowiańszczyzny

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Sulikowska-Bełczowska A.

Latopisy Akademii Supraskiej

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2019

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vol. Вѣнецъ хваленїѧ. Studia ofiarowane profesorowi Aleksandrowi Naumowowi na jubileusz 70-lecia

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issue 10

213-230

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The article discusses the role of Alexander Nevsky – a Russian prince and a saint of Orthodox Church. Russian writing sources describe him primarily as a winner of the battles against the Swedes in 1240 (the battle of Neva) and the forces of the Livonian Order and Bishopric of Dorpat in 1242 (the Battle on the Ice) and prince who became a monk before his death in 1263. The cult of Alexander began shortly after his death however, its enormous development came only later. The popularity of saint prince increased during the times of Ivan Terrible – after the mid-16th century and in the age of Peter the Great – in the 18th century. The oldest preserved icons of Alexander come from the second half of 16th century and show him as a holy monk. In the 18th-20th centuries the art of official church is dominated by images of Alexander as a ruler and victorious warrior.

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K „druhému životu“ Alexandra Něvského

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Picková D.

Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)

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2014

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vol. 100

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issue 1

9-34

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This article examines the so-called second life of the Russian prince Alexander Nevsky. The author set herself two main goals in the study. On the one hand, to sketch out what role the prince occupied in Russian tradition and historical consciousness over the course of the centuries, and, on the other hand, to also appreciate the differing lines of interpretation of his personality in contemporary historiography and to judge what his real historical role was. Was Nevsky an unyielding defender of the Orthodox Church, a national hero, or a traitor to his own people? The foundational source materials for this study are primarily texts of historiographical, hagiographical and literary characters, but iconographic material and works of art are also analyzed, and the author also takes into account the

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Святой благоверный князь Александр и папская курия

Aleksander Newski – święty mnich i bohater wschodniej Słowiańszczyzny

K „druhému životu“ Alexandra Něvského