Jacob Chornoryzets
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Jacob the Monk (Ukrainian: Яків Чорноризець; Russian: Иаков Черноризец) was an 11th-century monk and author in Kievan Rus'.[1] He is known for an ode to Vladimir the Great in honor of his conversion of Kievan Rus to Christianity in 988, as well as a work on Boris and Gleb.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ AA Zimin, 'Pamjat' i pohvala Jakova mniha i zitie knjazja Vladimira po drevnejsemu spisku [Memorial and Panegyric of Jacob the Monk and Life of Prince Vladimir in the Most Ancient Version]', Kratkie soobscenija Instituta
- ^ Vlasto, A. P. (1970). The Entry of the Slavs Into Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs. CUP Archive
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