K „druhému životu“ Alexandra Něvského

• Authors: Dana Picková

Title variants

EN

On the “Second Life” of Alexander Nevsky

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

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

Keywords

EN

Alexander Nevsky; second life; Russian cultural consciousness; collective identity; national hero; saint prince; Neva battle of 1240; Battle of the Ice; Tatar suzerainty; Golden Yoke

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 100
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 9-34

Contributors

author

Dana Picková

• Ústav světových dějin Filozofické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy v Praze Nám. Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1, Czech Republic