REL 231 - History of the Christian Church
Study Topics and Assignments
Week 6 - The Church in Russia
AD 954 - 1,918
Textbook Readings and Class Notes
- Chapter 8, pages 220-239
- Enlightenment in Russia, pages 320-324
- Notes for Week 6
- Timeline for Chapter 8
- The Russian Primary Chronicle
- Maps and history of early Russia
- Maps and history of Russia under the Romanovs
InterNet Resources
- InterNet Links for Week 6
- Useful articles can be found by using GoodSearch
- You may use Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it
This Week's Assignment : Whom would you like to be ?
For each of the sets of people listed, choose the one whom you would most like to be, and write a 2 page account of his/her life, saying why you chose him/her, how s/he compares and contrasts to the others in the group, and how s/he influenced the Church in Eastern Europe and Russia
For some of these you may have to consult sources beyond the textbook.
- Princess Olga of Kiev, Princess Anna of Byzantium, Catherine the Great
- Prince Vladimir of Kiev, Yaroslav the Wise, Alexander Nevski, Batu Khan
- Ivan III, the Great; Ivan IV, the Terrible; Peter the Great
- Andrei Rublev, Anthony of the Caves, Sergius of Radonezh, Nikon the Patriarch
Remember to cite your sources
Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then submit it as one document to Turnitin via the Blackboard link
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