Ivan the Terrible : free to reward & free to punish / Charles J. Halperin.
Ivan the Terrible : free to reward & free to punish / Charles J. Halperin.
Ivan the Terrible : free to reward & free to punish / Charles J. Halperin.
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Publisher
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
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G 2020/1482
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 365 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Muscovy in 1533 -- Young Ivan's world -- Ivan's minority -- Ivan's coronation and first marriage -- Life at Ivan's court -- The dynastic crisis of 1553 -- The prehistory of the Oprichnina -- Domestic political reform -- Church reform and heresy -- Intellectual and cultural history -- The economy and...
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Publisher
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
[2019]
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Ivan the Terrible--Muscovy--Oprichnina
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Summary
Ivan the Terrible is infamous as a sadistic despot responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people, particularly during the years of the oprichnina, his state-within-a-state. Ivan was the first ruler in Russian history to use mass terror as a political instrument. However, Ivan's actions cannot be dismissed by attributing the behavior to...
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Ivan the Terrible : free to reward & free to punish / Charles J. Halperin.
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Russian and East European Studies
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/1482
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74VKaDLZrzNZ
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ISBN
0822945916 (hbk.)
9780822945918 (hbk.)
DDC
947.043
MMS ID
991024298215102626
