Saint Sergius of Radonezh, His Trinity Monastery, and the Formation of the Russian Identity

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SA I N T S E R G I U S O F R A D O N E Z H , H I S T R I N I T Y M O N A S T E R Y, A N D T H E F O R M AT I O N O F T H E R U S S I A N I D E N T I T Y © 2010 by Northern Illinois University Press Published by the Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 Manufactured in the United States using postconsumer-recycled, acid-free paper. All Rights Reserved Design by Julia Fauci Title page illustration: “The Trinity-Sergius Monastery.” Photograph by William Craft Brumfield, professor of Slavic Studies at Tulane University and honorary fellow of the Russian Academy of the Arts. A selection of his work is available online at http://www.cultinfo.ru/brumfield. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miller, David B. Saint Sergius of Radonezh, his Trinity Monastery, and the formation of the Russian identity / David B. Miller. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-0-87580-432-3 (clothbound : alk. paper) 1. Sergii, Radonezhskii, Saint, ca. 1314–1391 or 2. 2. Troitse-Sergieva lavra—History. 3. Orthodox Eastern monasteries—Russia (Federation)—Sergiev Posad—History. 4. Sergiev Posad (Russia)—Church history. I. Title. BX597.S45M55 2010 271’.8147—dc22 2010015389 T O J O A N J A C O B U S M I L L E R ...