Retinue in service of a Slavic chieftain
Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh of the Rurikid dynasty resting with his druzhina after a hunt, by Viktor Vasnetsov .In the medieval history of Kievan Rus' and Early Poland , a druzhina , drużyna , or družyna (Slovak and Czech : družina ; Polish : drużyna ; Russian : дружина , romanized : druzhina Ukrainian : дружи́на , druzhýna literally a "fellowship") was a retinue in service of a Slavic chieftain , also called knyaz drug (друг ) with the meaning of "companion, friend".[ 1] [ 2]
Poland
Ibrahim ibn Yaqub , who traveled in 961–62 in Central Europe , mentions that the drużyna of Duke Mieszko I of Poland had 3000 men, paid by the duke.[ 3] Casimir I the Restorer promoted landed gentry over the drużyna as his base of power.[citation needed
See also
References
^ "Online Etymology Dictionary" . www.etymonline.com . Retrieved 13 May 2017 .^ Zeno. "Drushine" . www.zeno.org . Retrieved 13 May 2017 . ^ "Ibrāhīm ibn Ya‛qūb al-Isrā’īlī al-Ṭurṭūshī," by Lutz Richter-Bernburg, in: The Oxford Companion to World Exploration , David Buisseret, editor-in-chief, 2 vols., Oxford UP 2007, I:402b-403b
Bibliography
public domain : "Дружина" Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
External links
Druzhina at Wikimedia Commons
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