Abstract
The article is devoted to analysing the influence of Eastern orthodox isolationism on technological development of Russia. Russia was an isolated orthodox civilization and according to S. Huntington, there were civilizational splits along its borders. These were zones of constant wars between civilizations. The Orthodox Church preached religious messianism; the Orthodox Christians considered representatives of other religions to be “unholy”, strayed away from communicating with them and avoided borrowing anything from “the unholy". The Mongol invasion led to the loss of many technologies borrowed from Byzantium in the previous period; in particular, the brick building technology was lost. Although the Golden Horde constructed buildings of bricks and used cast iron and gunpowder, the Russians did not adopt these advances. This resulted in the fact that having passed the Russian grounds, metallurgical and gunpowder technologies reached Europe, and it was Europe from where they came to Russia approximately two centuries later.
Highlights
Статья посвящена анализу взаимосвязи между практикой православного изоляционизма и динамикой технологического развития России в X-XV вв
The article is devoted to analysing the influence of Eastern orthodox isolationism on technological development of Russia
The Mongol invasion led to the loss of many technologies borrowed from Byzantium in the previous period; in particular, the brick building technology was lost
Summary
Статья посвящена анализу взаимосвязи между практикой православного изоляционизма и динамикой технологического развития России в X-XV вв. То имеются исследования, посвященные развитию ремесленных технологий в Древней Руси – это развитие было тесно связано с заимствованием технологий из православной Византии [28]. Название города Казань говорит о том, что, как и расположенный рядом Булгар, этот город был центром металлургического производства.
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