Orthodox Russia in Crisis Church and Nation in the Time of Troubles / Isaiah Gruber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gruber, Isaiah.

Series:

NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ.

Russkai︠a︢ pravoslavnai︠a︢ t︠s︢erkovʹ--History--17th century.

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--History--17th century.

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.

Church and state.

Orthodox Eastern monasteries--Economic aspects--Russia--History--17th century.

Orthodox Eastern monasteries.

Church and state--Russia--History--17th century.

Russia.

Russia--Church history--17th century.

Russia--History--Time of Troubles, 1598-1613.

Local Subjects:

Russkai︠a︢ pravoslavnai︠a︢ t︠s︢erkovʹ--History--17th century.

Genre:

History.

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 299 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2012.

Summary:

A pivotal period in Russian history, the Time of Troubles in the early seventeenth century has taken on new resonance in the country's post-Soviet search for new national narratives. The historical role of the Orthodox Church has emerged as a key theme in contemporary remembrances of this time—but what precisely was that role?The first comprehensive study of the Church during the Troubles, Orthodox Russia in Crisis reconstructs this tumultuous time, offering new interpretations of familiar episodes while delving deep into the archives to uncover a much fuller picture of the era. Analyzing these sources, Isaiah Gruber argues that the business activity of monasteries played a significant role in the origins and course of the Troubles and that frequent changes in power forced Church ideologues to innovate politically, for example inventing new justifications for power to be granted to the people and to royal women. These new ideas, Gruber contends, ultimately helped bring about a new age in Russian spiritual life and a crystallization of the national mentality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables

Preface

Introduction Troubles, Then and Now

1. Russia as "Israel" The Muscovite Church-State

2. Profit and Piety Russian Orthodox Monasteries as Economic Corporations

3. Vox Dei, Vox Populi, and Vox Feminae Delaying the Crisis of Legitimacy in 1598

4. In Hunger and Pain The Response of the Church to Famine and Civil Warfare

5. A House Divided Russian Orthodoxy under Vasilii IV and Dmitrii II

6. Death and Resurrection The Apex and End of the Smuta

7. In Retrospect Russian Orthodoxy in the Time ofTroubles and Beyond

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501757389

1501757385

9781609090494

1609090497

OCLC:

1129583738