Open Access#12019
The ruler and the society in Medieval Eastern Europe in 10th–14th cc.: about the mechanisms of power legitimization and sacralization ; Правитель и общество в средневековой Восточной Европе в 10–14 вв.: о механизмах легитимизации и сакрализации власти
The article deals with the main mechanisms of power legitimization and sacralization in Medieval states of Eastern Europe. The analysis of a ruler`s power based on personal qualities and sacrality is given. The author pays the great attention to administrative, political, military abilities of the Princes of Rus` and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the process of power institutionalization in comparison with the same processes in Medieval Western Europe. Theoretical aspects of power legitimacy are analyzed.