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Part I. The History of Everyday Life: West and East of Europe (ed. by Olga Togoeva)
The first part, which opens this issue, is devoted to the anniversary of Russian historian Olga Kosheleva, who has worked for many years at the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Olga Kosheleva’s research interests are truly boundless: they include the history of cities, the history of childhood, the history of reading and translation, and the history of everyday life and private life. An enormous place in scientific research of Olga Kosheleva is occupied by archival studies and the problems of methodology of history, because long ago she gave up her heart to microhistorical approach and has done a lot for its approval in Russian science.
The multi-faceted research talent of Olga Kosheleva has allowed us to collect under the cover of this issue the works of her colleagues and friends on various aspects of the past of Russia and of Western Europe. These articles focus on everyday family conflicts, travel and bankruptcy, leisure and entertainment. They tell of diarists and cartographers, publishers and readers of children’s magazines, collectors of bibliographic rarities and false monks, businesswomen and tzars’ iconographers, diplomats and criminals. The works are written by leading specialists in the field of medieval and modern studies, as well as by very young researchers making their first steps in the scientific field, from the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Institute of Russian History of Russian Academy of Sciences, the Higher School of Economics, the Russian State Historical Archive, Southern Connecticut State University, Russian State University for the Humanities, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and the University of Toronto.
Part II. Courts of Rulers in Europe of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times: Trends of World Historiography (ed. by Yulia Krulova)
The part of the issue contains the materials of the round table “Courts of rulers in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: trends and discussions of newest historiography”, held at the Institute of World History (RAS) in June 2022 as part of the scientific conference “Modern Russian Medieval Studies”. The participants of the conference discussed the current state of Russian and world studies concerning the courts and court society in Europe of the Middle Ages and early Modern Times. Over the past 20–30 years, world historiography has undergone radical changes, with a significant surge of interest in the courts of rulers, court society and various aspects of life at the court (ceremonies, birth, death, family and women's presence), the curial institute as a whole. In Russian medieval studies, despite the existence of individual projects, massive interest and turn towards “court” studies emerged only a few years ago. The articles in this part discuss the features of the historiography of different countries: topics and directions of ongoing research, specific subjects, as well as possible gaps and further research perspectives.