A People Born to Slavery" : Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography, 1476-1748 /
"Many Americans and Europeans have for centuries viewed Russia as a despotic country in which people are inclined to accept suffering and oppression. What are the origins of this stereotype of Russia as a society fundamentally apart from nations in the West, and how accurate is it?" "...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca [N.Y.] :
Cornell University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Terra incognita: the earliest European descriptions of Muscovy
- Legatus ad Moscoviam: European ambassadors and the origin of "Russian tyranny"
- Necessarium malum: European residents and the origin of "Russian tyranny"
- Rerum Moscoviticarum: Herberstein and the origin of "Russian tyranny"
- Tyrannis sine tyranno: political categories and the origin of "Russian tyranny"
- Simplex dominatus: Russian government in European political science
- Was Muscovy a despotism?


