Rude and Barbarous Kingdom
Subtitle: Russia in the Accounts of Sixteenth-Century English Voyagers
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780299047634
Subjects: British; Russia (federation), description and travel; Russia (federation), history; Russia (federation), foreign relations
Description: Lloyd E. Berry and Robert O. Crummey offer edited accounts of six English voyagers and their experiences in Muscovy Russia between 1553 and 1600. With modernized spelling and presentation, these accounts are accompanied by a glossary of Russian terms, introductions of their authors, and annotations that help put the travelers' narratives into perspective.