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Ivan IV and Muscovy /
"In many ways Ivan the Terrible's personality and reign remain mysteries. This anthology will attempt to shed new light on a variety of issues related to Ivan's person and 16th-century Muscovy, including accounts of the oprichnina written by Germans in his service, intrafamilial strif...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana
Slavica
2020
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In many ways Ivan the Terrible's personality and reign remain mysteries. This anthology will attempt to shed new light on a variety of issues related to Ivan's person and 16th-century Muscovy, including accounts of the oprichnina written by Germans in his service, intrafamilial strife and foreign slaves in Muscovite society, the role of clergy in the documentary life of the Muscovite laity, the Muscovite perception of the political culture of the Crimean Khanate, diplomatic relations between Ivan IV's Muscovy and Lithuania, coinage, Ivan and the russkaia zemlia, Ivan as a charismatic ruler, and a historiographical analysis of Ruslan Skrynnikov's Tsarstvo terrora and Reign of Terror" Why did the Illustrated Chronicle Compilation and the Book of Degrees remain unfinished? -- Chronicles and government sources -- Ivan IV's Germans and the Oprichnina -- Ivan Peresvetov and Ivan IV's Muscovy -- Lay Elite Seals: who had them and when they used them -- Clergy in the documentary life of the Muscovite laity -- Who was entitled to sue for precedence? -- Fractious families and foreign slaves in Muscovite society -- Law and disorder: apolitical violence in Muscovy -- The Khan and the Elite: the Muscovite perception of the political culture of the Crimean Khanate -- Muscovite diplomacy toward Lithuania: mythology and logic -- Elizabeth I on Ivan IV's taste in women -- Ivan IV's coinage -- Pskov and the Pskov land -- Ivan IV and the russkaia zemlia -- Ivan the Terrible's temper, or: Ivan IV's terrible temper -- Was Ivan the Terrible charismatic? -- The documented Ivan the Terrible: an epistemological exercise -- Skrynnikov's Tsarstvo terrora and Reign of Terror. |
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| Notas: | Literaturangaben. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9780893577018 |