Ivan IV and Muscovy / Charles J. Halperin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halperin, Charles J., author.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584.

Ivan.

Russia. Oprichnina.

Russia.

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

History.

Muscovy (Grand Duchy)--History--16th century.

Muscovy (Grand Duchy).

Russia (Federation)--Moscow.

Genre:

History.

Essays.

Physical Description:

407 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Slavica, 2020.

Summary:

"In many ways Ivan the Terrible's personality and reign remain mysteries. This anthology will attempt to shed new light on a variety of issues related to Ivan's person and 16th-century Muscovy, including accounts of the Oprichnina written by Germans in his service, intrafamilial strife and foreign slaves in Muscovite society, the role of clergy in the documentary life of the Muscovite laity, the Muscovite perception of the political culture of the Crimean Khanate, diplomatic relations between Ivan IV's Muscovy and Lithuania, coinage, Ivan and the russkaia zemlia, Ivan as a charismatic ruler, and a historiographical analysis of Ruslan Skrynnikov's Tsarstvo terrora and Reign of Terror"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I. Source studies. Chapter 1. Why did the Illustrated Chronicle Compilation and the Book of Degrees remain unfinished? ; Chapter 2. Chronicles and government sources ; Chapter 3. Ivan IV's Germans and the Oprichnina ; Chapter 4. Ivan Peresvetov and Ivan IV's Muscovy ; Chapter 5. Lay Elite Seals: who had them and when they used them

II. Social history. Chapter 6. Clergy in the documentary life of the Muscovite laity ; Chapter 7. Who was entitled to sue for precedence? ; Chapter 8. Fractious families and foreign slaves in Muscovite society ; Chapter 9. Law and disorder: apolitical violence in Muscovy

III. Diplomacy. Chapter 10. The Khan and the Elite: the Muscovite perception of the political culture of the Crimean Khanate ; Chapter 11. Muscovite diplomacy toward Lithuania: mythology and logic ; Chapter 12. Elizabeth I on Ivan IV's taste in women

IV. Economy. Chapter 13. Ivan IV's coinage

V. Intellectual history. Chapter 14. Pskov and the Pskov land ; Chapter 15. Ivan IV and the russkaia zemlia

VI. Ivan IV. Chapter 16. Ivan the Terrible's temper, or: Ivan IV's terrible temper ; Chapter 17. Was Ivan the Terrible charismatic? ; Chapter 18. The documented Ivan the Terrible: an epistemological exercise

VII. Historiography. Chapter 19. Skrynnikov's Tsarstvo terrora and Reign of Terror.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780893575014

0893575011

OCLC:

1176320982