Tale of Boiarynia Morozova : a seventeenth-century religious life / Margaret Ziolkowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ziolkowski, Margaret, 1952-

Standardized Title:

Povestʹ o boi͡aryne Morozovoĭ. English.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Morozova, Feodosii︠a︡ Prokofʹevna Sokovnina, 1632-1675.

Morozova, Feodosii︠a︡ Prokofʹevna Sokovnina.

Old Believers--Russia--Biography.

Old Believers.

Russia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 121 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2000]

Summary:

Margaret Ziolkowski's book comprises a thorough introduction to, skillful translation of, and erudite commentary on the four-hundred-year-old Tale of Boiarynia Morozova. The story of Feodosia Morozova, a member of the Russian aristocratic elite and a major participant in the Russian Othodox Schism, describes one of the most violent ruptures in religious history--the complete destabilization of the bastions of church and society in seventeenth-century Russia. In her explication of this famous text, Ziolkowski examines the hagiography of the Tale, the spiritual asceticism of Morozova in the context of Christian womens' struggles for independence, and the role this prominent female dissident has played as a symbol of resistance to corrupt authority. This work makes a significant contribution to the history of the Orthodox Church, pre-Petrine Russia, women in religion, and the study of medieval Russian literature.

Contents:

Tale of Boiarynia Morozova

Archpriest Avvakum's "Lament for the three martyrs"

Excerpts from correspondence of Feodosia Morozova with Avvakum and his family.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Avvakum Petrovich, Protopope, 1620 or 1621-1682. O trekh ispovednit͡sakh slovo plachevnoe. English.

ISBN:

0739101773

OCLC:

44812168