Muscovy and the Mongols
Title | Muscovy and the Mongols PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Ostrowski |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2002-06-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521894104 |
A 1998 study of the impact of the Mongols on the Rus lands using a broad and extensive source base.
Muscovy and the Mongols
Title | Muscovy and the Mongols PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Ostrowski |
Publisher | |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Russian History: A Very Short Introduction
Title | Russian History: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Hosking |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2012-03-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199580987 |
A leading international authority discusses all aspects of Russian history, from the struggle by the state to control society to the transformation of the nation into a multi-ethnic empire, Russia's relations with the West and the post-Soviet era. Original.
Orthodox Russia in Crisis
Title | Orthodox Russia in Crisis PDF eBook |
Author | Isaiah Gruber |
Publisher | Northern Illinois University Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2012-05-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1501757385 |
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.
Modernizing Muscovy
Title | Modernizing Muscovy PDF eBook |
Author | Jarmo Kotilaine |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 485 |
Release | 2004-08-02 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1134397437 |
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
In the Shadow of the Mongol Empire
Title | In the Shadow of the Mongol Empire PDF eBook |
Author | David M. Robinson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 387 |
Release | 2019-11-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108482449 |
Memories of the Mongol Empire loomed large in fourteenth-century Eurasia. Robinson explores how Ming China exploited these memories for its own purposes.
Russia in the Early Modern World
Title | Russia in the Early Modern World PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Ostrowski |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 575 |
Release | 2022-01-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1793634211 |
A fundamental problem in studying early modern Russian history is determining Russia’s historical development in relationship to the rest of the world. The focus throughout this book is on the continuity of Russian policies during the early modern period (1450–1800) and that those policies coincided with those of other successful contemporary Eurasian polities. The continuities occurred in the midst of constant change, but neither one nor the other, continuities or changes alone, can account for Russia’s success. Instead, Russian rulers from Ivan III to Catherine II with their hub advisors managed to sustain a balance between the two. During the early modern period, these Russian rulers invited into the country foreign experts to facilitate the transfer of technology and know-how, mostly from Europe but also from Asia. In this respect, they were willing to look abroad for solutions to domestic problems. Russia looked westward for military weaponry and techniques at the same time it was expanding eastward into the Eurasian heartland. The ruling elite and by extension the entire ruling class worked in cooperation with the ruler to implement policies. The Church played an active role in supporting the government and in seeking to eliminate opposition to the government.