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The "Domostroi" : Rules for Russian Households in the Time of Ivan the Terrible / Carolyn Johnston Pouncy.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Domostroĭ. English.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Russia.
- Families.
- Russia--Social life and customs--1533-1917.
- Russia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A manual on household management, the Domostroi is one of the few sources on the social history and secular life of Russia in the time of Ivan the Terrible. It depicts a society that prized religious orthodoxy, reliance on tradition, and absolute subordination of the individual to the family and the state. Specific instructions tell how to arrange hay, visit monasteries, distill vodka, treat servants, entertain clergy, cut out robes, and carry out many other daily activities. Carolyn Johnston Pouncy here offers, with an informative introduction, the first complete English translation.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Domostroi
- Appendix: Contents of Manuscripts
- Glossary
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Printed Editions of the Domostroi
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780801471667
- 0801471664
- 9781322522562
- 1322522561
- 9780801471674
- 0801471672
- OCLC:
- 889264704
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