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Between Divine Language and Political Fiction: John the Baptist as Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s Patron Saint 1
Literature Talk
Between Divine Language and Political Fiction: John the Baptist as Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s Patron Saint 2

Between Divine Language and Political Fiction: John the Baptist as Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s Patron Saint

At Encina Commons

Stanford

Discover how 18th-century Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa weaponized religious imagery to challenge Moscow. Bartolini unpacks little-known manuscripts revealing how John the Baptist became a coded symbol of plural authority.

Early modern Ukraine
Religious symbolism
Academic lecture
Manuscript studies

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Encina Commons, 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

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