king of ros

Chapter 254 Extra Story: Analysis of "The Story of Empress Lin"

"The Exploration of the Forest" is an important historical book describing the northeastern Ross in the late 11th century, and the author of this book is the ancestor of Ross historiography that we are very familiar with, Rostislav Vladimirovich Rurik.

The nature of "The Pioneering of the Forest" is different from other books written by Rostislav. It is more like a diary written by Rostislav after he was entrusted to Northeast Russia to open up the local area. After all, as the title says, this is "The Pioneering of the Forest" ".

Taking time as a clue, the book describes the history from Rostislav's conferment of the Northeast Rus and the establishment of Moscow to his seizure of the Grand Duke of Kyiv.

Although it is said to be a history book, Rostislav has recorded many anecdotes between rural cities in it, which makes "The Trail of the Forester" more diary in nature.

As the prince of Moscow, Rostislav recorded many events and battles he encountered in the development of the Northeast Rus land, and carefully described the society of the local Ugric-Finnish tribes and the Rus free people.

At the same time, during its Volga Bulgar expedition, it also recorded a large number of Bulgar country customs and customs, and these records are now regarded as important materials for the study of Bulgar conversion.

This book is extremely rich in showing the life of the Northeast Rus people in the late 11th century, and the changes of this society under the cultural influence brought by Kyiv.

The fusion between Kyiv culture and local culture, and the eventual dominance of Kiev culture over local culture is an important part of this book.

In addition, the author carefully describes the local primitive beliefs in Northeast Ross, and elaborates on the special religious form of "Double Faith" in Ross, as well as the pattern of pagan warlocks active at the grassroots level of society.

Equally detailed is the author's description of the dignitaries, wealthy businessmen, walled city owners, free people, communes, forest people and many other groups in Northeast Ross, showing us the style and thought of these groups, and using this to trace the origin of the Slavs. Come to the land and get a foothold in the history.

As Rostislav's work, this book, as always, describes the society in great detail, portrays the style and development of this society, and grasps the pulse of the development of the times.

The most commendable thing is that, as a feudal ruler, the author also gave a detailed description of the oppression of the people in order to strengthen the power of the regime during the Northeast Rus's rule.

For this reason, the scene of control described in the book is regarded as the best example of "commercial Ross" developing "agricultural Ross", and has been repeatedly cited in various books describing the feudalization of Ross.

At the same time, the author also expressed doubts about his oppressive behavior in the book, expressing his strong humanistic concern, but due to its historical limitations, the author finally believes that the rule of wise princes is the best state.

However, it is also understandable that the author, as the son of the rich and powerful who has killed and seized the nation from birth, is extremely rare to be able to recognize the injustice of oppression and exploitation, and his age is still too young, and his level of thinking is far from reaching the level of those who will write in the future. masterpiece level.

And because of the humanistic care shown by Rostislav in "The Pioneering Story of the Queen of the Forest", most people think that the Prince of Rus has already conceived the world-renowned masterpiece "The Road to the West Sea" in this matter.

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