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Afanasii Shchapov and the significance of religious dissent in Imperial Russia, 1848-70 /
In the 1650s and 1660s, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Nikon, carried out a series of reforms which were rejected by a large number of the faithful. The split that resulted, the Great Schism or raskol, led a large proportion of the Russian population to become completely isolated...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stuttgart, Germany :
Ibidem-Verlag,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the 1650s and 1660s, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Nikon, carried out a series of reforms which were rejected by a large number of the faithful. The split that resulted, the Great Schism or raskol, led a large proportion of the Russian population to become completely isolated from the official church. Known as raskol'niki, they were seen as stubborn opponents of both church and government and were fiercely persecuted. Two centuries later amidst peasant protests, revolutionary conspiracies and government paranoia, Russia's religious dissenters were again at the forefront. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (105 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783838258621 3838258622 |