scholarly journals Khotyn battle 1621. Іgnored source in ukrainian historiography

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Antoniy Moysey ◽  
Arkadiy Moisey
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Language Barrier ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
History Of ◽  
True Description ◽  
Oral Information

The article offers a historiographical consideration of the description of the Khotyn battle 1621with an emphasis on the historical value of M. Kostin's “Chronicle of the Land of Moldova” in the coverage of theevent. The relevance of the study is dictated by the 400th anniversary of the battle. The purpose of the study is to clarify the historical significance of thechronicle in revealing the theme of the Battle of Khotyn in 1621. Methodology describes the work of M. Kostin, its source base, comparison with other historical sources, review of its use. Conclusions. “Chronicle of the Land of Moldova” by Myron Kostin, being the only source for studying the history of Moldova in the early and mid seventeenth century. at the same time it is a true description of the events of the Khotyn War (1620–1621). Although the chronicler is not a contemporary of the events, his account of the Battle of Khotyn is based on serious Polish sources of the relevant era, oral information from contemporaries of the fighting, the traditions of the princely family of Movileshty, and so on. The work is positively characterized by a deep and detailed description of events, impartiality, clear analysis of military operations of a participant in many battles, education of the author and his broad outlook, which allowed him to understand the causal links of actions, actions of the parties, unconditional literary talent M. Kostin. His disregard for the events of the Khotyn War of 1621 by a number of Ukrainian historians shows a reluctance to consider the event comprehensively, using all sources. Moreover, we see a focus on showing only one fragment of this historical event, the participation of the Ukrainian side in it. The language barrier to the use of the Chronicle is no more a problem than a political motive.

In a Savage Kingdom (regnum efferum)?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julián M. Ortega Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
History Of

The Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula is an event fundamental to understanding the history of Islam and southern Europe. Despite its historical significance and the controversies that its interpretation has generated, archaeology has contributed little to its elucidation. A review of the material testimony associated with this event from a critical perspective attentive to the novelties that have occurred in the field of archaeology addresses issues left by military operations, the implementation of the new administrative apparatus, the migration process of Arab and Berber contingents, and, especially, the technological, social, and cultural transformations that triggered these events in successive decades.

scholarly journals Documents of the Austrian State Archives about the History of Habsburg Diplomatic Relations with Russia: Research Potential

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolai Baranov ◽  
Elena Manasyan
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Main Type ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Military Conflicts ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
State Archives ◽  
Comprehensive Study

This article considers the formation of archival funds about Austro-Russian relations in the late seventeenth century in one of the four departments of the Austrian State Archives (the Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv of the Habsburgs). The analysis demonstrates that the archival funds formed alongside the development of the archive’s structure. The sources referred to include documents dedicated to the foreign policy contacts of the Habsburg dynasty with Russia in the late seventeenth century. The authors focus on the period when, because of the Ottoman threat, interactions between Vienna and Moscow intensified, which manifested itself in the active exchange of embassies and correspondence. The authors reveal the main type of structure of the archival funds mentioned. The collection contains several types of historical sources, among which the authors single out official letters (der Brief), instructions (die Instruktion) for Viennese representatives sent to Moscow, authentications (die Beglaubigung), decrees, minutes of audiences, envoy accounts (der Gesandtenbericht), and reports (der Bericht) of the Viennese envoys in Moscow. The characterisation of archival documents by fund and type demonstrates the deep research potential of the sources. The authors reveal that despite the long development and numerous military conflicts that influenced the preservation of the funds, the Haus-, Hof-, und Staatsarchiv are an institution of supranational importance, accumulating the historical heritage of Austria and Russia. The archive department contains a large array of documents shedding light on various aspects of diplomatic relations between Vienna and Moscow in the second half of the seventeenth century, making possible a comprehensive study of Habsburg contacts with Russia. This makes it necessary to consider introducing the source base into scholarly circulation.

Book Reviews: Turning the wheel of history

1996 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-250
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual

Michael Hunter, Science and the Shape of Orthodoxy: Intellectual Change in Late Seventeenth-century Britain . Woodbridge, The Boydell Press, 1995. Pp. xii+345, £55.00. ISBN 0-85115-594-5 Michael Hunter assembles in his new volume 15 chapters, under four heads, from articles and book reviews published over the period 1971-1992. Hitherto unpublished material appears in an introduction and two of the chapters. The introduction explains the provenance of the chapters and their historical significance in relation to ‘A new theory of intellectual change’. The new theory suggests that the intellectual history of Britain during the 17th century may be better understood from the individual case studies Hunter offers, rather than broad generalizations supported by accumulated instances, as provided, for example, by Keith Thomas in his Religion and the Decline and the Decline of Magic (1971).

Rebels and Runaways

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Eugene Rivers
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
American History ◽  
World View ◽  
Slave Resistance ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Slave Rebellions ◽  
Black Resistance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Second Seminole War ◽  
Small Parts

This gripping study examines slave resistance and protest in antebellum Florida and its local and national impact from 1821 to 1865. Using a variety of sources, the book discusses Florida′s unique historical significance as a runaway slave haven dating back to the seventeenth century and explains Florida′s unique history of slave resistance and protest. In moving detail, the book illustrates what life was like for enslaved blacks whose families were pulled asunder as they relocated and how they fought back any way they could to control small parts of their own lives. Against a backdrop of violence, the book analyzes the various degrees of slave resistance, from the perspectives of both slave and master, and how they differed in various regions of antebellum Florida. In particular, the book demonstrates how the Atlantic world view of some enslaved blacks successfully aided their escape to freedom, a path that did not always lead North but sometimes farther South to the Bahama Islands and Caribbean. Identifying slave rebellions such as the Stono, Louisiana, Denmark (Telemaque) Vesey, Gabriel, and the Nat Turner insurrections, the book argues persuasively that the size, scope, and intensity of black resistance in the Second Seminole War makes it the largest sustained slave insurrection in American history.

Letters of Controversy: Religion, Publication, and the Public Sphere in Seventeenth-Century France

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (01) ◽  
pp. 5-39
Author(s):  
Jean-Pascal Gay
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
The Public ◽  
Early Modern Catholicism ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Publishing Practice ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

This article attempts to bring together religious history and the history of the public sphere. It proposes to reinterpret the historical significance of doctrinal controversies by examining the relationship between a regime of publicity and an ecclesiastic regime. For instance, seventeenth-century French theological controversies were characterized by the frequent publication of letters, which indicates just how strongly the religious legitimacy of a given controversy was called into question. The publication of letters appears to have offered a means of responding to the destabilization of publishing practice caused by these controversies. It also attests to both the religious refusal to transform the church into a public sphere and how the ecclesiastic aspect of doctrinal controversies made them difficult to resolve. The relationship between publicity and religion thus appears particularly relevant for both historians of early modern Catholicism and historians of the public sphere.

History and Memory in Constitutional Adjudication

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Daphne Barak-Erez
Keyword(s):  
Historical Event ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Change Of Direction ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Constitutional Adjudication

This article considers the different ways in which judicial decisions use and narrate history. It distinguishes between several forms of judicial recourse to history, including the difference between decisions which refer to general history and decisions that refer to the history of legal documents; and the difference between decisions on factual controversies that have historical significance and decisions that take judicial notice of history. At the same time, this article recognises that the division between these categories is not clear-cut. An analysis of constitutional case law sheds light on the ways in which courts harness historical events in order to justify their normative choices. More specifically, while some judicial decisions cite history in order to justify continuity with the past, others regard history as a cautionary tale that calls for a change of direction. In between, some decisions opt for a middle route, supporting continuity with historical decisions but offering new interpretations of their lessons. This article concludes by examining decisions that try to ‘learn’ from history, illuminating the enduring challenge in drawing different and even conflicting lessons from the very same historical event.

scholarly journals Suwerenność – zagadkowe pojęcie kontynentalnego państwa. Wybrane kwestie z historii i teorii suwerenności

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 25-64
Author(s):  
Paweł Kaczorowski
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Democratic Rule ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Relationship

The author describes the moment of the emergence of the concept of sovereignty, its causes, historical significance, as well as the issues raised in the debate over this concept since the seventeenth century. Sovereignty refers to the state and points to its essential feature, which defines the state as the result of occidental rationalism (Max Weber). According to this definition, the state is different from other, earlier and parallel political forms, such as republics and empires. However, changes in the history of the state also affect the way in which sovereignty is understood. Consequently, the concept of sovereignty is often difficult to justify or is even – as some authors claim – anachronistic. The author outlines different approaches in the discussion about the validity of this concept and their premises. He also describes the relationship between the principle of sovereignty and the democratic rule of law.

scholarly journals Preparation of research report based on the results of field explorations as a creation of historical sources on the example of the activity of survey expedition “The Burning Stones”

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-139
Author(s):  
Tat'yana Aleksandrovna Smirnova ◽  
Sergei Aleksandrovich Machinskii
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Historical Science ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
History Of

This article examines the application of experience on preparing a research report based on the field explorations carried out on the territory of military operations of the period of the Great Patriotic War. The object of this research is the conduct of exploration works in the area of the Mountain Gankashvaara, the Kestenga direction of the Karelian Front since 1941 until 1944, which has not yt been studied by the historical science. Special attention is give to studying the theory, practice and legal status of exploration worlds of the detachments of the Russian Federation, distinctive features such type of works in relation to archaeological explorations, as well as the possibility of application of the experience of exploration work as a research mechanism for historical science. The relevance of this article is defined by the importance and need for application of scientific experience of preparing a research report in exploration works for the purpose of preserving the history of the Great Patriotic War in the historical memory of Russia. The questions are raised pertaining to commemoration of the defenders of the Homeland and perpetuating the memory of heroes. The article describes the practical experience of the authors in the field of search and perpetuation of the memory of the defenders of the Homeland, who died or have gone missing during the Great Patriotic War, as well as in analysis of the records and materials for continuing the research activity in this sphere.

EPITAFIES OF THE RELATIVES OF HADJI IBRAHIM AL-URADI AS A SOURCE ON THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE SCIENTIST AND ON THE HISTORY OF GIDATL

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
Sh M Khapizov ◽  
M G Shekhmagomedov
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Medieval History ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Arabic Script ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Culture ◽  
The Look ◽  
Cultural Monuments ◽  
Written Sources

The article is devoted to the study of inscriptions on the gravestones of Haji Ibrahim al-Uradi, his father, brothers and other relatives. The information revealed during the translation of these inscriptions allows one to date important events from the history of Highland Dagestan. Also we can reconsider the look at some important events from the past of Hidatl. Epitaphs are interesting in and of themselves, as historical and cultural monuments that needed to be studied and attributed. Research of epigraphy data monuments clarifies periodization medieval epitaphs mountain Dagestan using record templates and features of the Arabic script. We see the study of medieval epigraphy as one of the important tasks of contemporary Caucasian studies facing Dagestani researchers. Given the relatively weak illumination of the picture of events of that period in historical sources, comprehensive work in this direction can fill gaps in our knowledge of the medieval history of Dagestan. In addition, these epigraphs are of great importance for researchers of onomastics, linguistics, the history of culture and religion of Dagestan. The authors managed to clarify the date of death of Ibrahim-Haji al-Uradi, as well as his two sons. These data, the attraction of written sources and legends allowed the reconstruction of the events of the second half of the 18th century. For example, because of the epidemic of plague and the death of most of the population of Hidatl, this society noticeably weakened and could no longer maintain its influence on Akhvakh. The attraction of memorable records allowed us to specify the dates of the Ibrahim-Haji pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, as well as the route through which he traveled to these cities.

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