The state in early modern Russia
Subtitle: new directions
By: edited by Paul Bushkovitch
Publisher: Slavica
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Bloomington, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780893574710
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Politics and government; Religion and state; History; Despotism; Civilization
Description: "The State in Early Modern Russia: New Directions is an attempt to understand the character and development of the Russian state in the early modern era (1500-1800) in new ways. Going beyond traditional scheme of autocracy, the articles show the state as a complex institution with different relations to society and with an important role in religion and culture."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Poliud'e and the evolution of taxation from Rus' to Russia  -- Petr S. Stefanovich; title: Familia order, dynasty, and succession in early modern Russia: toward a gendered history of the Muscovite dynasty  -- Russell E. Martin; title: Branching out: the roots of Muscovite dynastic representation  -- Michael S. Flier; title: The nature of the Muscovite state during the reign of Ivan IV: the tyranny of concepts  -- Charles J. Halperin; title: The duration of integration as a factor in Russian history and its impact on social and political development in sixteenth-century Russia  -- Nikolai Petrukhintsev; title: The Tsar and the Sobor: 1613-53  -- Paul Bushkovitch; title: The sacrament of confession as encounter with early modernity  -- Nadieszda Kizenko; title: Education as a problem in seventeenth-century Russia  -- Olga Kosheleva; title: The Aptekarskii Prikaz and the limits of Western influence  -- Eve Levin; title: The role of tradition in the success of the reforms of Peter I  -- P. V. Sedov; title: Multitemporality and the politics of time in the age of Peter the Great: rethinking Russia's "Big Bang"  -- Ernest A. Zitser; title: The 1721 Church Reform and constructing the Orthodox tradition of church-state relations in Russia  -- Olga Tsapina; title: Frugal empire: sources of Russian state power -- Nancy S. Kollmann.