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On September 26, 2016 the session of Saint Petersburg division of the Archaeographic Commission of the RAS was held at Saint Petersburg Institute of History. The participants were welcomed by director of the Institute N.N. Smirnov, who emphasized the importance of the recommencement of the division’s activity. The members of the department discussed different issues…
On the activity of the Scientific-Historical Archive
Since June 16, 2020 the Scientific-Historical Archive resumes execution of requests and making of digital copies of documents according to the demands presented by remote channels (postal letters and e-mail). The Reading Hall of the Archive will reopen for visitors from September 2020.
New book
Nauka publ. in “Biblioteka vsemirnoi istorii” book series issued the monograph by A.A. Kasatov “Seizina: pravo, vlast’ i obshchestvo v anglo-normandskom korolevstve XI-XIII vekov” (“Seisin: the Law, the Power and the Society in Anglo-Norman Kingdom of 11th-13th centuries”). ISBN: 978-5-02-040533-2. The book focuses on the study of seisin as a central institution of the…
Rare book in “The New Byzantine Library. Studies” book series
Publishing house “Aleteia” republishes the rarest books of “The Byzantine Library” book series to mark its 20-year anniversary. This list included the book of academician I.P. Medvedev “The law standards of the Byzantine Empire” (“Pravovaya kultura Vizantijskoi imperii”; ISBN 978-5-89329-426-2). The author develops the concept of Byzantine Empire as a state based on the principles…
“Archival history” – Church for the benefit of the state
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Anniversary of the historian
Friends and colleagues congratulate leading researcher, Doctor of Sciences in History Zoya Vasilievna Dmitrieva. Well-recognized specialist in economic history of Russia, source studies and archaeography Zoya Vasilievna Dmitrieva, being a disciple of Aleksandr Lvovich Shapiro, preserves the best features of Petersburg school of historical studies. Her scientific works, including seven monographs, fundamental publications of…