By Honor Bound State and Society in Early Modern Russia / Nancy Shields Kollmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kollmann, Nancy Shields, 1950-

Contributor:

National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program, funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Honor--Russia--History.

Honor.

Libel and slander--Russia--History.

Libel and slander.

Courts of honor--Russia--History.

Courts of honor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cornell University Press 1999

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Russians from all ranks of society were bound together by a culture of honor. Here one of the foremost scholars of early modern Russia explores the intricate and highly stylized codes that made up this culture. Nancy Shields Kollmann describes how these codes were manipulated to construct identity and enforce social norms--and also to defend against insults, to pursue vendettas, and to unsettle communities. She offers evidence for a new view of the relationship of state and society in the Russian empire, and her richly comparative approach enhances knowledge of statebuilding in premodern Europe. By presenting Muscovite state and society in the context of medieval and early modern Europe, she exposes similarities that blur long-standing distinctions between Russian and European history.Through the prism of honor, Kollmann examines the interaction of the Russian state and its people in regulating social relations and defining an individual's rank. She finds vital information in a collection of transcripts of legal suits brought by elites and peasants alike to avenge insult to honor. The cases make clear the conservative role honor played in society as well as the ability of men and women to employ this body of ideas to address their relations with one another and with the state. Kollmann demonstrates that the grand princes-and later the tsars-tolerated a surprising degree of local autonomy throughout their rapidly expanding realm. Her work marks a stark contrast with traditional Russian historiography, which exaggerates the power of the state and downplays the volition of society.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Terms and Abbreviations in Manuscript Citations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Cultural Concepts of Honor

Chapter 2. Patriarchy in Practice

Chapter 3. The Praxis of Honor

Chapter 4. Honor in the Elite

Chapter 5. Strategies of Integration in an Autocracy

Chapter 6. Toward the Absolutist State

Epilogue: The Endurance of Honor

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-287) and index.

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ISBN:

9781501706950

1501706950

9781501706967

1501706969

OCLC:

957138085