Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700

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Contents Maps Part I. Kievan Rus 1 The Distribution of Medieval Slavs 2 The Coming of the Varangians 3 Byzantine-Kievan Relations 4 Porphyrogenitus’ Description of the Voyage Down the Dnieper River 5 Olga’s Vengeance 6 Sviatoslav's Conquests 7 The Acceptance of Christianity 8 Ruskaia Pravda: The Short Version 9 The Church Statute of Kiev 10 Metropolitan Hilarion's Eulogy of Prince Vladimir and Prince laroslav 11 The Struggle for Succession 12 The Struggle with the Nomads 13 The Testament of Vladimir Monomakh 14 The Assassination of Prince Bogoliubskii and a Popular Revolt in Vladimir The Assassination of Prince Andrei Bogoliubskii, 1174 An Uprising in Bogoliubovo and Vladimir in 1175 15 The Tale of the Host of Igor 16 Daniels Plea for Forgiveness 17 A Discourse Concerning The Ruin of Rus Land 18 A Biography of Prince Alexander Nevskii 19 Galicia-Volyn in the Thirteenth Century 20 A Treaty between Novgorod and the Hanseatic League, 1270 21 Life in Medieval Novgorod Part II. Mongol Yoke 22 Mongol Conquest of Northern Rus in 1237-1238 23 Mongol Capture of Kiev in 1240 24 John of Pian de Carpine's Journey to Mongolia in 1246 25 The Court of Batu Khan in 1253 26 Prince Daniel of Galicia's Relations with the Mongols 27 Mongol Rule and the Orthodox Church 28 The Anti-Mongol Uprising in Tver in 1327 29 Moscow's First Successful Challenge of the Mongols, 1380 30 A Letter from a Tatar Leader, Edigei, to Moscow’s Grand Prince Vasilii I, 140p 31 Ending of the Mongol Yoke in 1480 Part III. Muscovy 32 The Reign of Ivan Kalita of Moscow 33 The Last Will of Ivan Kalita, or ‘Money Bag, ' ca. 1339 34 A Brief Biography of Prince Dmitrii Donskoi 35 Zadonshchina 36 A Journey from Moscow to Constantinople in 1389 37 Nestor-lskander’s Tale of the Capture of Constantinople, 1453 38 Restrictions on Peasant Movement 39 Ivan III’s Conquest of Novgorod in 1471 40 Contarinïs Impression of Muscovy in 1476 41 The Sudebnik [Code of Law] of Ivan III, 1497 42 Filofei’s Concept of the “Third Rome” 43 Herberstein's Observations of Muscovy 44 Ivan the Terrible's Own Account of His Early Life 45 Domostroi 46 Moscow and the Court of Ivan the Terrible in 1553 47 First Privileges Granted by Ivan the Terrible to English Merchants, 1555 48 A Letter from King Sigismund of Poland to Elizabeth I, 1559 49 A Letter from Ivan the Terrible to Elizabeth I, 1570 50 Ivan the Terrible's Punishment of Novgorod in 1570 51 Muscovy at the End of the Sixteenth Century 52 Possevino’s Observations of Muscovy and Its People 53 Russian Conquest and Exploitation of Siberia A Petition from the Merchant Guselnikov to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Protesting Excessive Regulation of the Fur Trade in Siberia, 1639 The Oath of Allegiance which Russians Administered to Bratsk Native Leaders, 1642-1645 Instructions from the Voevoda of Iakutsk, Frantshekov, to the Explorer Khaharop, Regarding His Expedition into the Land of the Daurs, 1649-1651 Three Petitions to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich from lakut Natives Protesting Inequitable and Ruinous Iasak Impositions, 1659-1664 Instructions from Voevoda of lakutsk, Golenishchev-Kutuzov, to Prison Officials about Procedures for Guarding Prisoners, The Sentences Imposed by the Voevoda of Iakutsk, Petr Zinovev, on the Participants in a Cossack Rebellion, July 14, 1690 54 Bussow's Account of the Famine in Moscow, 55 A Letter from the False Dmitrii to Boris Godunov, 1604 56 Massa's Account of Events Surrounding the Death of the False Dmitrii in 1606 57 Shuiskii's Decree against Runaway Peasants, March 9, 1607 58 Conditions for Wladislaw’s Ascension to the Throne of Muscovy, 1610 59 A French View of Seventeenth Century Muscovy 60 Olearius' Commentaries on Muscovy in the 1630s and 1640s 61 The Code of Law of 1649 62 The Popular Discontent in Seventeenth Century Russia 63 Provisions of Russian Protectorate over Ukraine in 1654 64 Kotoshikhin's Description of the Private Lives of the Boyars and of Other Ranks of Muscovite Society 65 A Decree on Runaway Peasants, 1661 66 Krizhanich’s Observations on Russia's Potential Strengths and Weaknesses 67 An English View of the Muscovite Tsar and of His Society 68 Avvakum’s Account of His Sufferings 69 A Biography of Boyarina Morozova 70 The Story of a Rich Merchant Sutulov and His Clever Wife Tatiana Glossary Selected Bibliography