The Figure of King Danylo Romanovich in the Biographical Researches by M. F. Kotlyar (on the Occasion of 85-years Jubilee of Scientist)
Keywords:
Danylo Romanovich, historiography, biographical researches, home and foreign policy, interstate relations.Abstract
The paper analyses pressing questions of the life activity of King Danylo Romanovich by M. Kotlyar. Debatable aspects of home and foreign policy of Galich-Volyn leader are considered. The peculiarities of the interstate relations of Rus’, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Austria, Germany, Czech and Gold Orda are revealed. The circumstances of 40-year struggle of the Romanoviches for the farther heredity are clarified; not only political but also military, economic and cultural activity of King Danylo are traced. Special attention is paid to the source base. The conclusions concerning the importance of the biographical researches by M. Kotlyar in the description of life and activity of Danylo Romanovich have been drawn. All this is important for proper understanding of the place of the first King of Rus’ in history.
