Martha's HIST 20 Study Notes - III. Appanage Era

1169 - Week #: Kiev was sacked by Andrei Bogoliubskii, prince of Rostov & Suzdal; he moved the capital to Vladimir. LectureNotes #1e:2.
1237 - Week #: Vladimir is destroyed.
1240-42 - Week #: Prince Alexander defeated the Swedes and Teutonic knights at a battle on the Neva river; he is thereafter called Alexander Nevskii (from the Neva). Lecture #2a:7.
1317/8 - Week #: Iurii married a sister of the khan of the Golden Horde; she became Orthodox, and he was appointed grand prince. Lecture #nl:p. Text: 89.
1326 - Week #: Metropolitan Peter died. Lecture #nl:p. Text: pp.
1328 - Week #: Metropolitan Theognost moved the center of the Orthodox church to Moscow. Lecture #2b:3. Text: pp.
1338 - Week #: Alexander, brother of Dmitri, son of Michael, is executed. Lecture #2b:2. Text: pp.
Kulikovo -1380 - Week 2: "...Dmitrii emerged in the 1370s as a powerful leader, and his victory at Kulikovo in 1380 marked a turning point in the relations between the Russians and the Golden Horde.
At Kulikovo, on the Don River (hence Dmitrii's sobriquet, Donskoi, of the Don), a Russian army of 150,000 men defeated a slightly (200,000 men) large Golden Horde army. It was the first time that the Russians had successfully fought against the Horde, and it proved that the Horde was not invincible. It also made Donskoi a hero for all of the Russians to rally around, as they increasingly did. There was little time to savor the victory; the khan responded by sending a larger army and sacking and burning Moscow in 1382. However, the khan's men and Donskoi's troops did not meet in battle, and an agreement was reached to allow Dmitrii to remain grand prince while the khan remained his nominal overlord. However, it was clear that the power of the khan was not as great as it had been, and Donskoi concentrated his efforts for the rest of his reign on neutralizing the other Russian princes." Golden Horde is defeated.Lecture #nl:p. Text: 67, 93, 98, 104, 113, 116.
1439 - Week 2: Treaty of Florence.
1452 - Week 2: Mongolian rule over Moscow ceases to exist.
1453 - Week 2: Constantinople is conquered by the Turks; the Byzantine church no longer exists; Russia "inherits" Orthodoxy, to become the "3rd Rome".
1478 - Week 2: Novgorod submits to Moscow's rule, and is absorbed by Moscow. Ivan III married Zoe, the niece of the last Byzantine emperor; this encourages him to believe his realm has inherited the Orthodox hegemony. Lecture #nl:p. Text: pp.
1480 - Week 2: all ties to the Mongols are renounced by Ivan III.
1485 - Week2: Tver is incorporated into the Moscovite state.
1493 - Week 2: Ivan III calls himself Sovereign of all the Russias; the era of appanage is over; Lecture #2b:7. Text: pp.