The international position of Rus' in comparison to Byzantium in the mid-11th century and its representation in „The Sermon on Law and Grace“

U ovome se radu obrađuju teme međunarodnoga položaja i međusobnih odnosa Bizanta i Kijevske Rusije u vrijeme nastanka Slova o Zakonu i Milosti metropolita kijevskog Hillariona, kao i prikaz tih odnosa i međunarodnih prilika u samome tekstu. S obzirom na važnu ulogu koju je u srednjovjekovnoj politici igrala Crkva, kao i na činjenicu da je tekst kojim se rad bavi zapravo vjerski tekst, međunarodni položaj i međusobni odnosi Kijevske Rusije i Bizanta promatraju se kako s „čisto“ političkog, tako i s crkveno-vjerskog gledišta.This paper deals with the topic of the international positions of Byzantium and Kievan Rus', as well as the relations between the two countries, during the time when Metropolitan Hilarion of Kiev wrote his Sermon on Law and Grace. It is furthermore concerned with the way these relations are depicted in the text itself. Given that the Church played a key role in medieval politics, and also taking into consideration the fact that the text in question is a religious one, this paper looks at both the “purely” political and religious aspects of the international positions of Kievan Rus’ and Byzantium, as well as the relations between the two countries