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Evpraksia Vsevolodovna Between East and West

Evpraksia Vsevolodovna Between East and West CHRISTIAN RAFFENSPERGER (Chicago, USA) EVPRAKSIA VSEVOLODOVNA BETWEEN EAST AND WEST In general, the history of Rus' has been the history of the princes of Rus'. This has been challenged in recent years by many authors, specifically Na- talia Pushkareva? and Eve Levin,2 who have attempted to write the history of women in Rus' and thus have added a valuable perspective. The purpose of this article is to make a start at telling the history of Rusian women outside of Rus'. This has the effect of combining the two types of history above to cre- ate a history of elite women. The relevance of such a history will quickly be- come apparent, but it is important to note up front that elite women were key to the foreign policy of not only Rus', but all of Medieval Europe and thus their history needs to be studied to attempt a really full understanding of in- terkingdom relations in the Middle Ages. To this end, Evpraksia Vsevolo- dovna, bom in 1071 (most likely) to Vsevolod Iaroslavich (later Grand Prince of Kiev) and a Polovtsian princess, Vsevolod's second wife,3 represents a , case study of this type of interrelationship between the kingdoms http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian History Brill

Evpraksia Vsevolodovna Between East and West

Raffensperger, Christian
Russian History , Volume 30 (1-2): 23 – Jan 1, 2003
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CHRISTIAN RAFFENSPERGER (Chicago, USA) EVPRAKSIA VSEVOLODOVNA BETWEEN EAST AND WEST In general, the history of Rus' has been the history of the princes of Rus'. This has been challenged in recent years by many authors, specifically Na- talia Pushkareva? and Eve Levin,2 who have attempted to write the history of women in Rus' and thus have added a valuable perspective. The purpose of this article is to make a start at telling the history of Rusian women outside of Rus'. This has the effect of combining the two types of history above to cre- ate a history of elite women. The relevance of such a history will quickly be- come apparent, but it is important to note up front that elite women were key to the foreign policy of not only Rus', but all of Medieval Europe and thus their history needs to be studied to attempt a really full understanding of in- terkingdom relations in the Middle Ages. To this end, Evpraksia Vsevolo- dovna, bom in 1071 (most likely) to Vsevolod Iaroslavich (later Grand Prince of Kiev) and a Polovtsian princess, Vsevolod's second wife,3 represents a , case study of this type of interrelationship between the kingdoms

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