Velikie Chet'i-Minei (English spelling)

…However, an extreme policy of national isolation was adopted, and Russia was completely isolated from both Western Europe and other Slavic countries. The Velikie Chet'i-Minei (1552), a collection of the Lives of the Great Saints, by Metropolitan Makaria of Moscow (c. 1483-1563), who was a spokesman for the ideals of a theocratic state, became a source of nourishment for the religious faith of the Russian people, and through the faith of the people, it had a great influence on 19th century Russian literature. In the 16th century, there were many unique works, such as the Correspondence between Ivan the Terrible and his enemy Prince Andrei Mikhailovich Kurbskii (1528-83) (1564-1579), a masterpiece of political and social commentary, and Domostroi (Early 16th century), a magnificent expression of patriarchalism. …

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…しかし極端な鎖国政策がとられ，ロシアは西欧からも他のスラブ諸国からも完全に孤立した。神政国家の理念の代弁者であったモスクワ府主教マカーリー(1483ころ‐1563)の《大聖者伝集成Velikie Chet’i‐Minei》(1552)はロシアの民衆の宗教心を養う糧となり，民衆の信仰を通して19世紀ロシア文学にも大きな影響を与えた。16世紀には，〈政治的社会評論〉の傑作であるイワン雷帝と彼に敵対するクールプスキーAndrei Mikhailovich Kurbskii公(1528‐83)との《往復書簡》(1564‐1579)，家父長主義のみごとな表現である《家政訓Domostroi》(16世紀初頭)など特異な作品が多い。…

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