Ivan the Terrible : first tsar of Russia /

"This book is the definitive biography of Ivan the Terrible, setting the Tsar's infamous cruelty within the context of his time. Ivan IV, "the Terrible" (1533-1584), is one of the key figures in Russian history, yet he has remained among the most neglected. Notorious for pioneeri...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Madariaga, Isabel de, 1919-2014
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Ivan > IV, > Czar of Russia, > 1530-1584.
1533-1584
Kings and rulers.
Russia > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Russia > History > Ivan IV, 1533-1584.
Russie > Histoire > 1533-1584 (Ivan IV)
Russia.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The historical background
  • The reign of Vasily III
  • Ivan's birth, childhood, adolescence, coronation and marriage
  • The era of Aleksei Adashev
  • The 'government of compromise'
  • The conquest of Kazan'
  • The dynastic crisis of 1553: domestic and military policy, and the arrival of the English
  • The war in Livonia and the end of the 'chosen council'
  • The death of Anastasia, and Ivan's second marriage
  • Tsar Ivan and Prince Andrei Kurbsky
  • The setting up of the Oprichnina
  • War in Livonia and the Zemskii Sobor of 1566
  • The Boyar plot: 1) the letters to King Sigismund
  • The Boyar plot: 2) the executions of Ivan Fedorov, Metropolitan Filipp and Vladimir of Staritsa
  • Armageddon
  • Foreign policy and the tatar invasions
  • The end of the Oprichnina, and the succession to the Polish-Lithuanian crown
  • Grand Prince Simeon Bekbulatovich
  • Peace negotiations
  • The truce of Iam Zapol'sky
  • The death of Ivan
  • Ivan's legacy to Russia.

Similar Items