Chapter 254 Extra Story: An Analysis of 'The Story of Empress Lin's Pioneering'
Chapter 254 Extra: Analysis of "The Pioneering Story of the Queen of the Forest"
"Forest Development" is an important historical book describing Northeastern Rus' in the late 11th century, and the author of this book is the very familiar ancestor of Rus' history, Rostislav Vladimirovich Rurik.
The nature of "The Development of the Queen of the Forest" is different from other books written by Rostislav. It is more like a diary of Rostislav's pioneering work after he was enfeoffed to Northeastern Rus. After all, as the title says, this is "The Story of the Development of the Queen of the Forest".
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The book uses time as a clue to describe the history from when Rostislav was granted the title of Northeastern Rus and established Moscow to when he seized the position of Grand Duke of Kiev.
Although this is a history book, Rostislav recorded many anecdotes between the countryside and cities in it, which makes the diary nature of "Forest Development" even more intense.
As Prince of Moscow, Rostislav recorded many of the events and battles he encountered in developing the land of Northeastern Rus', and also carefully described the society of the local Ugric-Finnish tribes and Rus' free people.
At the same time, during the Volga Bulgar Expedition, he also recorded a large number of customs and customs of the Bulgar country. These records are now regarded as important materials for studying Bulgar conversion.
This book extremely richly displays the life scenes of the people in Northeastern Rus in the late 11th century, as well as the changes in this society under the cultural influence brought by Kiev.
The fusion between Kiev culture and local culture, and the eventual dominance of Kiev culture over local culture are an important part of this book.
In addition, the author carefully describes the local primitive beliefs in Northeastern Russia, and elaborates on "double faith", a special religious form in Russia, and the model of pagan magicians operating at the grassroots level of society.
Equally detailed is the author's description of the dignitaries, wealthy businessmen, city owners, free people, communes, forest dwellers and many other groups in Northeastern Russia, showing us the style and thoughts of these groups, and tracing back the history of the Slavs.
The history of coming to this land and establishing a foothold.
As Rostislav's work, this book, as always, describes society in great detail, portrays the style and development of this society, and captures the pulse of the development of the times.
The most commendable thing is that the author, as a feudal ruler, also described in detail the oppression he carried out on the people in order to strengthen the power of the regime during the rule of the Northeastern Rus.
For this reason, the control scene described in the book is regarded as the best example of "commercial Rus" developing "agricultural Rus", and has been repeatedly cited in various books describing the feudalization of Rus.
At the same time, the author also expressed doubts about his oppressive behavior in the book and expressed his strong humanistic concern. However, due to its historical limitations, the author ultimately believed that the rule of wise princes was the best state.
However, this is also understandable. As the son of a powerful man who has taken possession of the nation since birth, it is extremely rare for the author to be able to realize the injustice of oppression and exploitation. Moreover, he is still too young, and his ideological level is far from reaching that of those who will write in the future.
The level of masterpiece.
And because of the humanistic care shown by Rostislav in "The Plot of the Forest", most people believe that the Russian prince was already conceiving the world-renowned masterpiece "The Road to the Western Sea" at this time.