The Hustyn' Chronicle (Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature:  Texts)
Publisher: Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Published: January 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9781932650037
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Historiography; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; History; History - General History; History: World; Ukraine; Europe - Former Soviet Republics; Medieval; Modern - 16th Century; History / Former Soviet Republics
Description: "Written in the early seventeenth century, The Hustynja Chronicle represents the first attempt of early modern chroniclers to write a systematic history of Ukraine... This publication marks the first time that the Hustynja Chronicle has appeared in a scholarly edition. One copy originally found in the Mharsk Monastery serves as the exemplar for the main text, and is accompanied by notes representing variants from six other copies of the text. An introduction by Ukrainian historian Dr. Oleksiy Tolochko, given both in the original Ukrainian and English translation, provides a detailed description and history of the chronicle"--Provided by publisher.