“Rígsþula” Society as a mental image of medieval culture (as interpreted by A.Ya. Gurevich)

Likhomanov K. V.

The article, using the example of the works of A. Ja. Gurevich, examines the problem of interpreting the medieval text of the Scandinavian “Rígsþula”, which is the bearer of the “mental image” of medieval archaic society. It was shown how the researcher uses a literary source to analyze the social consciousness of a person of the archaic era, and as a tool for cultural studies allows you to study the methods of functioning of social connections hidden from legal sources and the legitimation of hierarchy.

Keywords:A. Ja. Gurevich, “Rígsþula”, mental image, socio-cultural relations, prefeudal society, hierarchy, Tripartitio, Traell, Karl, Jarl.