Hetmans' Land Donations to the Orthodox Church: Motives and Expectations

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dc.contributor.authorProkopyuk, Oksana
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T21:44:19Z
dc.date.available2024-01-04T21:44:19Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractHetmans’ donations to the Orthodox Church were characteristic of the religious and political culture of the Cossack state already in the era of its emergence in the mid-17th century. In addition to other gifts, hetmans confirmed or provided Orthodox monasteries with land ownership, which was at the center of identity, power, and social prestige. It is clear that certain concrete motives, expectations, and models of behavior stood behind the hetmans’ donations of land. This article suggests considering hetmans’ donations of land to the Orthodox Church as an element of symbolic communication, in which the giver and the recipient interacted, built symbolic communicative ties, and produced centers of communication. The focus is on "communication through donations," that is, relationships of giving. Religious motivations and the recognition of monasteries as powerful centers of prayer were determinative for the hetmans’ "communication through donations" to the monasteries. The hetmans’ giving land and other real estate to monasteries was based on "piety," but it was done in the name of Christ-loving rulers. So, in such donations it is quite natural that state interests were prevalent, but also there were complex combinations of religious, social, and political motivations and expectations. These characteristics were evident both in a general sense and in each specific instance of gifting.en_US
dc.identifier.citationProkopyuk O. Hetmans' Land Donations to the Orthodox Church: Motives and Expectations / Oksana Prokopyuk // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2023. - № 10. - Р. 169-191. - https://doi.org/10.18523/kmhj270983.2023-10.169-191en_US
dc.identifier.issn2313-4895
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/27637
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18523/kmhj270983.2023-10.169-191
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.sourceKyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journalen_US
dc.statusfirst publisheduk_UA
dc.subjectdonationen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationen_US
dc.subjecthetmansen_US
dc.subjectOrthodox Churchen_US
dc.subject17th–18th centuriesen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleHetmans' Land Donations to the Orthodox Church: Motives and Expectationsen_US
dc.typeArticleuk_UA
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