2019/11/05 by Alexander V. Maiorov · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Byzantine Studies and History #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Historical and Archaeological Studies #Archbishop #Byzantine architecture #Negotiation #Empire #History #Ancient history #Byzantine studies #Classics #Church history #Theology #Art #Political science #Law #Philosophy
paper · doi:10.1017/s0022046919001143
openalex publication_date 2019/11/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
The article establishes that the role of the Rus Archbishop Peter at the First Council of Lyon (1245) was not limited to conveying sensational information about the Tatars, as is usually believed. Peter was willing to resume negotiations between the Apostolic See and the rulers of the Byzantine (Nicene) Empire on the union of Churches, which continued with varying success throughout the thirteenth century. In the mid-1240s the Rus church hierarchs, who headed the Kiev (all Rus) Metropolitanate of the Byzantine Church, played an important, yet underestimated by researchers, role in establishing direct contacts between the Byzantine and Roman Churches and resuming negotiations for church unity.