Medieval Russia : 980-1584 / Janet Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Janet, 1945-

Series:

Cambridge medieval textbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kievan Rus--History.

Kievan Rus.

Russia--History--To 1533.

Russia.

History.

Russia--History--Ivan IV, 1533-1584.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 507 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This revised edition is a concise, yet comprehensive, narrative of the history of Russia from the reign of Vladimir I the Saint, through the reign of Ivan IV the Terrible. Supplementing the original edition with results of recently published scholarship as well as her own research, Janet Martin emphasizes the dynamics of Russia's political evolution from the loose federation of principalities known as Kievan Rus' through the era of Mongol domination to the development of the Muscovite state. Her analyses of the ruling dynasty and of economic influences on political development, and her explorations of society, foreign relations, religion, and culture provide a basis for understanding the transformations of the lands of Rus'. Her lines of argument are clear and coherent; her conclusions and interpretations are provocative. The result is an informative, accessible, up-to-date account that will be of interest to both students and specialists of early Rus'.

Contents:

Note on names, dates, and transliteration xii

1 The era of Vladimir I 1

2 Princes and politics (1015-1125) 24

3 Kievan Rus' society 64

4 Kievan Rus': the final century 100

5 The Golden Horde 149

6 The Russian lands within the Golden Horde 175

7 The Daniilovich ascension 220

8 The unification and centralization of Muscovy 261

9 Muscovite domestic consolidation 298

10 Foreign policy and foreign trade 336

11 Ivan IV the Terrible 364

12 Conclusions and controversies 416.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [448]-483) and index.

ISBN:

9780521859165

0521859166

9780521676366

0521676363

OCLC:

154706331

Online:

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description