The article focuses on the debate about the nature and consequences of the social and political development of Novgorod the Great in the 10th to the 15th centuries. The author outlines the historiography of the topic and provides a review of his research in this field in the context of the modern historiographic situation. We argue that there are well-grounded reasons for the convergence of different concepts which exist in modern Russian historiography of medieval Novgorod. Whereas V. L. Ianin and the scholars who share his views dwell on the boyar corporation, which claimed ‘sovereign ownership’ of the land, and I. Ia. Froianov writes about the Novgorod veche in general, the works of this author give an account of the status and historical significance of the ‘small commune’ inside Novgorod and of other issues, related to it. Refs 65
Source: Petrov A.V. (2016). Social and Political Evolution of Novgorod the Great in the Veche Period. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, issue 4, pp. 44–57.
Source web-site: http://vestnik.spbu.ru/html16/s02/s02v4/04.pdf
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