Documentary Sources on the History of Rus’ Metropolitanate

Documentary Sources on the History of Rus’ Metropolitanate is an extensive collection of letters and documents relating to the late medieval Orthodox Church, edited and curated by the renowned medievalist Andrei Pliguzov. This book is a rich resource for any reader interested in the controversies and preoccupations of the Orthodox hierarchy and the clergy throughout the Rus´ metropolitanate up to the early modern period.

For the first time, the volume includes acts, edicts and decrees regarding the lands in the metropolitanate’s jurisdiction, reports prepared for the metropolitans by their secretariat, and the letters of the hierarchs themselves. The published documents pertain to all aspects of the metropolitanate’s activity and reflect the various concerns and debates that defined the life of the Church and its relations with other religious entities and the secular leaders.