For centuries the exchange of letters between Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) and Prince Kurbskii, Muscovy's first notable defector, has been considered an authentic and important source for sixteenth-century Russian history. Keenan draws on all the tools of source study and liter…
Ivan is best remembered for his reign of terror, and the book pays due attention to the horrors of his executions, tortures and repressions, especially in the period of the "oprichnina" (1565-72, when he mysteriously divided his realm into two parts, one of which was under the d…
Ivan the Terrible
by Perrie, Maureen, Pavlov, Andrei
fromProfiles in power (Londres, Angleterre)
This is the first major re-assessment of Ivan the Terrible to be published in the West in the post-Soviet period. It breaks away from older stereotypes of the tsar - whether as 'crazed tyrant' and 'evil genius', on the one hand, or as a 'great and wise statesman', on the other -…
"Primarily chronological, the book focuses on three main aspects of Ivan's power: the territorial expansion of the state; the mythology, rituals and symbols of monarchy; and the development of the autocratic system of rule."--Jacket.
This re-assessment of Ivan the Terrible examines the ways in which Ivan's policies contributed to the creation of Russia's distinctive system of unlimited monarchical rule.
This is the first major re-assessment of Ivan the Terrible to be published in the West in the post-Soviet period. It breaks away from older stereotypes of the tsar - whether as 'crazed tyrant' and 'evil genius', on the one hand, or as a 'great and wise statesman', on the other -…
Ivan the terrible
by Perrie, Maureen, Pavlov, Andrei
fromProfiles in power (London, England)
This is the first major re-assessment of Ivan the Terrible to be published in the West in the post-Soviet period. It breaks away from older stereotypes of the tsar - whether as 'crazed tyrant' and 'evil genius', on the one hand, or as a 'great and wise statesman', on the other -…
"Primarily chronological, the book focuses on three main aspects of Ivan's power: the territorial expansion of the state; the mythology, rituals and symbols of monarchy; and the development of the autocratic system of rule."--Jacket.