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The Cambridge History of Russia

Volume 1. From Early Rus' to 1689

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Editor: Maureen Perrie, University of Birmingham

Maureen Perrie, Denis J. B. Shaw, Jonathan Shepard, Simon Franklin, Martin Dimnik, Janet Martin, V. L. Ianin, Donald Ostrowski, Sergei Bogatyrev, A. P. Pavlov, Richard Hellie, Michael Khodarkovsky, David B. Miller, Michael S. Flier, Marshall Poe, Brian Davies, Nancy Shields Kollmann, Robert O. Crummey, Lindsey Hughes

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Date Published: March 2015
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9781107639423

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This first volume of the Cambridge History of Russia covers the period from early ('Kievan') Rus' to the start of Peter the Great's reign in 1689. It surveys the development of Russia through the Mongol invasions to the expansion of the Muscovite state in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and deals with political, social, economic and cultural issues under the Riurikid and early Romanov rulers. The volume is organised on a primarily chronological basis, but a number of general themes are also addressed, including the bases of political legitimacy; law and society; the interactions of Russians and non-Russians; and the relationship of the state with the Orthodox Church. The international team of authors incorporates the latest Russian and Western scholarship and offers an authoritative new account of the formative 'pre-Petrine' period of Russian history, before the process of Europeanisation had made a significant impact on society and culture.
- The first volume in the new Cambridge History of Russia
- A comprehensive new account of the formative pre-Petrine period of Russian history by a team of leading historians
- Topics covered include political legitimacy; law and society; the interactions of Russians and non-Russians; and the relationship of the state with the Orthodox Church
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'This three volume Cambridge History of Russia, the first such English-language reference work of its kind, is based on up-to-date research and is admirably detailed and reliable in its judgments … contributions are of such outstanding quality that they deserved to be fully read and savoured.' FT Magazine
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- Date Published: March 2015
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107639423
- length: 824 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 151 x 49 mm
- weight: 1.26kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Maureen Perrie
2. Russia's geographical environment Denis J. B. Shaw
Part I. Early Rus' and the Rise of Muscovy (c.900–1462):
3. The origins of Rus' (c.900–1015) Jonathan Shepard
4. Kievan Rus' (1015–1125) Simon Franklin
5. The Rus' principalities (1125–1246) Martin Dimnik
6. North-eastern Russia and the Golden Horde (1246–1359) Janet Martin
7. The emergence of Moscow (1359–1462) Janet Martin
8. Medieval Novgorod V. L. Ianin
Part II. The Expansion, Consolidation and Crisis of Muscovy (1462–1613):
9. The growth of Muscovy (1462–1533) Donald Ostrowski
10. Ivan IV (1533–84) Sergei Bogatyrev
11. Fedor Ivanovich and Boris Godunov (1584–1605) A. P. Pavlov
12. The peasantry Richard Hellie
13. Towns and commerce Denis J. B. Shaw
14. The non-Christian peoples on the Muscovite frontier Michael Khodarkovsky
15. The Orthodox Church David B. Miller
16. The law Richard Hellie
17. Political ideas and rituals Michael S. Flier
18. The Time of Troubles (1603–13) Maureen Perrie
Part III. Russia under the First Romanovs (1613–89):
19. The central government and its institutions Marshall Poe
20. Local government and administration Brian Davies
21. Muscovy at war and peace Brian Davies
22. Non-Russian subjects Michael Khodarkovsky
23. The economy, trade and serfdom Richard Hellie
24. Law and society Nancy Shields Kollmann
25. Urban developments Denis J. B. Shaw
26. Popular revolts Maureen Perrie
27. The Orthodox Church and the Schism Robert O. Crummey
28. Cultural and intellectual life Lindsey Hughes
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Maureen Perrie, University of Birmingham
Maureen Perrie is Emeritus Professor of Russian History at the University of Birmingham. She has published extensively on Russian history from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Her publications include Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: the False Tsars of the Time of Troubles (1995) and The Cult of Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia (2001).
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Maureen Perrie, Denis J. B. Shaw, Jonathan Shepard, Simon Franklin, Martin Dimnik, Janet Martin, V. L. Ianin, Donald Ostrowski, Sergei Bogatyrev, A. P. Pavlov, Richard Hellie, Michael Khodarkovsky, David B. Miller, Michael S. Flier, Marshall Poe, Brian Davies, Nancy Shields Kollmann, Robert O. Crummey, Lindsey Hughes