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Testament to Ruthenian

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Description for Testament to Ruthenian Hardcover. Stefan Pugh analyzes the Ruthenian language use of one of its most outstanding practitioners, Meletij Smotryc'kyj (ca. 1578-1633): polemicist, cleric, and scholar. This study will provide the groundwork for the next generation of scholarship on the Ruthenian language. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 314 pages, Ill.1M. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.

What is the Ruthenian language? A simple answer is that it was the precursor to modern Ukrainian and Belarusian. But the history and synchronic realization of this language are much more complex. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Ruthenian was the language of the Orthodox and Uniate inhabitants of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It enjoyed a culture and prestige greater than that of its Muscovite (Russian) neighbor to the east, but was often denigrated in comparison with the dominant language—Polish—of the Commonwealth.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Series
Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780916458751
SKU
V9780916458751
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About Stefan M. Pugh
Stefan M. Pugh is Reader and Chairman in the Department of Russian at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

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