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Reflection of the Schism of 1054 in the Marriage Policy of the Rurikids
Mareš, Petr ; Picková, Dana (advisor) ; Smrž, Pavel (referee)
In 1054, a definitive ecclesiastical schism took place, as a result of which the division of the medieval Christian world into the Latin Catholic West and the Greek Orthodox East was completed and two civilizational circles were definitively established, between which mutual misunderstanding and alienation deepened. It can therefore be assumed that this process must have disrupted or completely eliminated the contacts that the forming states of medieval Europe, or rather their rulers, who now found themselves on opposite sides of the barrier dividing the Latin and Orthodox spheres, had until now established with each other.At the same time, marriage policy, which formed an important component of these relations, had to change. The present work examines the Rurik marriage policy and its transformations in the decades following the outbreak of the ecclesiastical schism. Prior to 1054, the Rurik family intermarried with members of the ruling families of Scandinavia, Central, Western, and Southeastern Europe. Prince Yaroslav I The Wise was particularly successful in this aspect. Yaroslav, who was himself married to a Swedish princess, arranged marriages for his children with members of royal houses in Poland, Hungary or France. All these countries fell into the sphere of civilization of the Latin West...
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