Was there an intimate life in Rus'? More precisely, what was it like? Some have heard of wild pagan revelries, others of strict Christian norms.
Pagan Rus', Christian Rus', Tsarist and peasant Rus'—all these are vivid facets of one history, full of surprises and contradictions.
'Intimate Rus'' is a guide to it, so complex and confusing, but at the same time native and close.
You will learn how people lived and loved each other in the families of princes and kings, boyars and peasants, in the families of slaves and ordinary townspeople. How they confessed their feelings, how they got married, how they got divorced, and even what sexual practices they preferred—the authors tell about all this and much more vividly and without unnecessary embarrassment.
Leave your shyness behind: you definitely won’t need it on the pages of this book!