A critical reappraisal of the concept of the 'imagined community' and the presumed sacred languages of the medieval period

National Identities

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-24

  Bouchard, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Komi; Old Russian; Orthodoxy and nations; Religion and nationhood; Russia; Russia medieval nationhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642542563     PISSN: 14608944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460894042000216481     Document Type: Article

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