Aristocrats And Servitors: The Boyar Elite In Russia, 1613 - 1689

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Robert O. Crummey uses the methods of collective biography to provide the first modern study of the elite group that dominated Russian government and society in the seventeenth century--the members of the Boyar Duma or royal council between 1613 and 1689. This book examines their careers in governmental service, their position in networks of family relationships and factional groupings, their values and attitudes, and their economic activities. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TABLES AND DIAGRAM ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. The Boyar Elite CHAPTER II. Servitors CHAPTER III. Family and Marriage CHAPTER IV. Politics, Parties, and Patronage CHAPTER V. Landlords CHAPTER VI. Courtiers and Christians CONCLUSIONS AND COMPARISONS APPENDIX A. The Membership of the Boyar Duma* 1613 -1690 APPENDIX B. The Members of the Boyar Duma, 1613-1713 APPENDIX C. The Boyar Duma in the Seventeenth Century: Controversies NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX