The land and government of Muscovy, a sixteenth-century account. / Translated and edited by Thomas Esper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staden, Heinrich von, active 16th century.

Contributor:

Esper, Thomas.

Standardized Title:

Moscowiter Land und Regierung. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

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

Russia.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 142 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1967.

Contents:

Introduction.

Petition to the Emperor Rudolf.

The land government of Muscovy.

A plan for the conquest of Russia.

Staden's autobiography.

Notes:

Translation of four 16th century German MSS. The principal MS., which is now in the Niedersächsisches Staatsarchiv in Hanover, has title: Moscowiter Land und Regierung.

OCLC:

225898