Ars Historica. Collection in honor of O.F. Kudryavtseva

The book proposed to the attention of readers, dedicated to the anniversary of the large domestic medical historian, the culture of the Renaissance and Russian-European ties of Oleg Fedorovich Kudryavtsev, united the efforts of leading Russian scientists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ivanovo and Izhevsk, engaged in the study of various epochs (from the Middle Ages. To the new and modern times) and regions (Russia, Europe, America) The binder of the thread of all studies was a meticulous study of the original, often for the first time introduced into the scientific circulation of sources varied in genre and problems. The central theme of the collection is studies dedicated to the analysis of mutual representations of Russia and the West from the Middle Ages to the middle of the 20th century. Particular attention is paid to the study of various aspects of spiritual life, social thought and art of the Renaissance, as well as the cultural transformations that occurred in Europe with the onset of the Reformation. Of exceptional interest are the materials that reflect the centuries -old process of the formation of Western European social institutions, the economic way, systems of political and cultural ideas, as well as work that shed light on the history of international relations from the Middle Ages to a new and modern time. The book will be interesting to historians, philologists, philosophers, political scientists, as well as a wide circle of readers who seek to understand the origins of modern ideas about Russia who are in the West, and to identify the causes of many European social and intellectual processes that are rooted in the Middle Ages