Ukraine Between East and West: Essays on Cultural History to the Early Eighteenth Century, Second, Revised Edition

by Ihor Ševčenko

Book Overview

Ihor Sevčenko's Ukraine between East and West explores the development of Ukrainian cultural identity under the disparate influences of the Byzantine Empire and western Europe, mediated through Poland. Byzantium was the source from which Kyivan Rus' received Christianity and a highly developed literary and artistic culture, which stimulated Kyiv's own achievements in those fields. Professor Sevčenko shows how the prestige of Byzantine civilization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894865162
• ISBN13: 9781894865166
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up