Methods of Hagiographic Text Redaction in the 17<sup>th</sup> Century (Based on the Life of Paisy
Two examples of Russian hagiographic texts of the 17<sup>th</sup> century (the Life of Paisy from Uglitch and Julianija Lazarevskaja) are considered in order to reveal the principles of traditional text redaction in the Late Middle Ages. The short versions of both texts are enriched by adding quotations from the Holy Scripture, certain biographical details, verbal elaboration of various themes and motifs, communicative development of the whole story. The paper shows how medieval writers used these methods to meet different challenges in the process of text re-organizing