The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 1, From Early Rus' to 1689
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The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 1, From Early Rus' to 1689 by Maureen Perrie
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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'This work organises idea, interpretations and research that don't appear in previous overviews.' The Times Literary Supplement
'… valuable for debunking national myths … thought provoking.' The Times Literary Supplement
'This work organises idea, interpretations and research that don't appear in previous overviews.' The Times Literary Supplement
Maureen Perrie is Emeritus Professor of Russian History at the University of Birmingham. She has published extensively on Russian history from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Her publications include Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: the False Tsars of the Time of Troubles (1995) and The Cult of Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia (2001).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781107639423 |
| ISBN 10 | 1107639425 |
| Title | The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 1, From Early Rus' to 1689 |
| Author | Maureen Perrie |
| Series | The Cambridge History Of Russia |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2015-03-26 |
| Number of pages | 824 |
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