Selin, Adrian Aleksandrovich. Dedications of church thrones of countryside churches in late 15 – early 17th cc. in Novgorod Land: Dynamic and perspectives of studying

The article was prepared within the framework of the HSE University Basic Research Program 2023 «Transformation of Regimes of Governing Diversity: Subjecthood Discourses and Practices in the Russian Empire».

The dynamics of rural churches thrones’ dedications reflects the local features of the formation of parish structure, both in Western and in Eastern Christian space. For Muscovite Rus’, studying dynamics could be possible since the appearance of a correct description of rural space in late 15th century. Transformations of social structure of the former (medieval) Novgorod land after its incorporation into the Moscow state led to dynamic changes in the dedications of churches’ thrones and great change in the parish structure.