HIS250Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Drevlians, Primary Chronicle, Atil
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Lecture 3: kievan rus": vladimir the great super important, christianized the people of kievan rus". Igor: olga, sviatoslav, iaropolk (kiev, oleg (derevliane, vladimir (novgorod) So he never rode the horse or even looked at the horse. The horse died and oleg mocked religion but died from a bug bite coming out of the horse"s skull. Illuminated maniscripts means embellished and decorative: name derived from princes of duchy of lithuania, not as old as primary chronicle, but retelling of the same events in a later form. Igor attacked derevlian trying to demand tribute: overreaching the amount of tribute that was to be paid vs. greed for power and money/status. She had them burned alive: part 3 olga was coming to the derevlians wanted a feast at where her husband was killed and had them massacred, 946 she went to war against the derevlians. Agreed to make peace in exchange for a tribute.
