Writing a monograph is a tough challenge, but squeezing an entire scholarly field in less than one hundred pages is a daunting one, which only a few historians would accept. The task becomes a quixotic enterprise, when one aims not only to summarize the state of art in such a short volume, but also to challenge the current assumptions. Christian Raffensperger took on such a scholarly bravery and, to his praise, managed to write an easy to read and highly stimulating short book.

Christian Raffensperger. The Kingdom of Rus'. Past Imperfect. Kalamazoo, MI: ARC Humanities Press, 2017.

From The Medieval Review (TMR). Review by Marian Coman, University of Bucharest