By honor bound
Subtitle: state and society in early modern Russia
By: Nancy Shields Kollman.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Courts of honor -- Russia -- History; Libel and slander -- Russia -- History; Honor -- Russia -- History
Description: In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Russians from all ranks of society were bound together by a culture of honor. In this book, one of the foremost scholars of early modern Russia explores the intricate and highly stylized codes that made up this culture.

Drawing on a rich array of archival and published sources, Nancy Shields Kollmann describes how these codes were manipulated to construct identity and enforce social norms - and also to defend against insults, to pursue vendettas, and generally to unsettle communities. She offers compelling evidence for a new view of the relationship of state and society in the Russian empire, and her richly comparative approach enhances knowledge of statebuilding in premodern Europe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-287) and index.