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The Cambridge History of Russia. From Early Russia to 1689

By Maureen Perrie

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780521812276, 0-521-81227-5, 9780521815291
LCC
DK43 .C35 2006
Open Library ID
OL23140419M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10909082 bytes)
Volume
Volume 1
Edition
1
Pages
824\824
Topic
Geography Russia
Library
Great Science Textbooks
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

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.

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