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From peasant to patriarch : account of the birth, uprising, and life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia / written by his cleric Ioann Shusherin ; translated and annotated by Kevin Kain and Katia Levintova.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shusherin, Ivan Kornilevich, approximately 1630-1690, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and of Russia, 1605-1681.
- Nikon.
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Russia--Bishops--Biography.
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book chronicles Nikon's entire life, focusing on the patriarch's relationship with the Romanov royal family and his monastery building program. The narrative also features rare eyewitness accounts of monumental events and daily life in seventeenth-century Russia from a domestic perspective. The first annotated English language translation of the comprehensive text, From Peasant to Patriarch includes extensive commentary, parallel texts, and a glossary of Russian terms.
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Account of the Birth, Upbringing, and Life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Written by His Cleric Ioann Shusherin; Annotations to the Account; Bibliography; Glossary of Russian Terms; Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-27160-4
- 0-7391-1579-0
- 0-7391-5533-4
- OCLC:
- 855970016
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