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Speaking at the IV International Congress of Slavists in Moscow (1958) on the Second South Slavic influence in Rus', Dmitrij Lichačëv presented his ideas on an "Eastern European Pre-Renaissance". Lichačëv's thesis received some criticism from the young Riccardo Picchio, who was then developing the idea of an "Orthodox Slavic revival (rinascita)". This article revisit the debate between these two important scholars, taking into account both subsequent developments in the research of each and more recent studies on the topic.

The Narration of the Battle with Mamai (Skazanie o Mamaevom poboišče), dedicated to the famous Russian military victory over the Tatars on the Kulikovo Field (1380), is generally considered the central work of the Kulikovo cycle. The anonymous author develops a consistent reinterpretation of the historical event in a liturgical and commemorative key by constantly adopting forms of prayer and of hagiographic narrative. The analysis of the numerous biblical quotations that weave the plot introduces the deeper meaning of Narration: the final incorporation of the Hellenistic-Christian chronotope in the Slavic "Orthodox Christianity" in which Moscow and "Russian land" have become central. ; La Narrazione sul massacro di Mamaj (Skazanie o Mamaevom poboišče), dedicata alla famosa vittoria dell'esercito russo sui tatari a Kulikovo (1380), è considerata in generale l'opera centrale dell'omonimo ciclo. L'anonimo autore sviluppa una coerente reinterpretazione dell'evento storico in chiave liturgico-commemorativa mediante la costante adozione delle forme della preghiera e della narrazione agiografica. L'analisi delle numerose citazioni bibliche che intessono la trama dell'opera, introduce al significato più profondo della Narrazione: l'assimilazione definitiva del cronotopo ellenistico-cristiano nella "cristianità ortodossa" slava in cui ha assunto una posizione centrale Mosca e la "terra russa".

This book on Slavic matriarchy is the result of the studies and researches that Evel Gasparini carried out over the span of his lifetime. Intrigued by the possibility of a close link between the collective ownership of the land and the ancient agricultural-matriarchal substrate of Slav culture, Gasparini launched on the titanic enterprise of analysing the archaeological and historical sources of early Slavic civilisation. Basing himself on a concept of culture elaborated in the ethnological field, he brought to light certain contradictions in the application of the Indo-European paradigm to Slavic culture and identified a series of elements illustrating the matriarchal substrate. Exploiting an uncommon knowledge of cultural anthropology and profound linguistic competencies, in this book Gasparini maps out a complex panorama ranging from the economy to the social structure and from the religious traditions to music and dance. Out of print for some time, the book is now proposed in a new, more convenient form, complete with an appendix on Finns and Slavs – which was originally intended as another chapter in the book but was then left out – a detailed preface by Gasparini's disciple Remo Faccani, and a bibliography of the scholar's oeuvre edited by Donatella Possamai.