The crisis of religious toleration in imperial Russia : Bibikov's system for the old believers, 1841-1855 / Thomas Marsden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsden, Thomas, author.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bibikov, Dimitrii.

Freedom of religion--Russia--History.

Freedom of religion.

Religion and state--Russia.

Religion and state.

Church and state--Russia--History.

Church and state.

Old Believers--Soviet Union--History.

Old Believers.

Russia--Church history.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work details an unprecedented attempt by the government of Russia's Tsar Nicholas I (1825-1855) to eradicate what was seen as one of the greatest threats to its political security: the religious dissent of the Old Believers. The history of this religious persecution throws new light on the religious and political identity of the autocratic regime.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""The Crisis of Religious Toleration in Imperial Russia: Bibikov's System for the Old Believers, 1841-1855""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Archives""; ""Archival notation""; ""Published works""; ""Note to the Reader""; ""Introduction""; ""The Orthodox Schism""; ""Religious Toleration""; ""Nicholas I""; ""State-Building""; ""Nation-Building""; ""Social and Economic Change""; ""Overview""; ""Part One: Origins Of The Crisis: 1841-52""; ""1: The Belaia Krinitsa Hierarchy""

""The Old Believers and Revolution""""Religious Legitimacy""; ""Foreign Interference and International Conspiracy""; ""Political or Religious Criminals""; ""2: The Preobrazhenskoe Cemetery""; ""Alexander I and The Fedoseevtsy""; ""Nicholas I and The Search For Rational Consistency""; ""Regulating Old Believer Institutions""; ""The Threat of The Preobrazhenskoe Cemetery in the 1840s""; ""Exact Legality and Civil Rights""; ""3: The Beguny Commission and the Statistical Expeditions""; ""Experts on the Narod""; ""Ivan Aksakov: an Enlightened Bureaucrat""; ""Stenbokś Commission""

""The Commissionś Investigation""""The Commissionś Conclusions""; ""A New Notion of State Service""; ""The Statistical Expeditions""; ""Part Two: The Crisis Unfolds: 1853-55""; ""4: Bibikov's System""; ""Old Belief: A Political Emergency""; ""The Government of The Enlightened Experts""; ""An Alternative Russia""; ""5: The Failure of Legality""; ""The Suppression of The Preobrazhenskoe Cemetery""; ""The Enlightened Experts and The Conclusion of The Beguny Investigation""; ""6: The Crimean War and the Domestic Enemy""; ""Afonii Kochuev""; ""The Crimean War and Orthodox Unity""

""An Old Believer Church as A Fifth Column""""The Suppression of The Rogozhskoe Cemetery""; ""7: The Offensive Against the Capitalist-Fanatics""; ""Religious and Economic Leaders""; ""The Inroads of Capitalism""; ""The Merchant Elite""; ""The Law Against the Old Believer Merchants""; ""Opposition to The Law""; ""8: The End of Bibikov's System""; ""The Church""; ""The Narod""; ""The Autocratic State""; ""Epilogue""; ""Conclusion""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Manuscript and Archival Sources""; ""Printed Primary Sources""; ""Printed Secondary Sources""; ""Index""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-180892-X

0-19-106337-1

OCLC:

918841515