Rude and Barbarous Kingdom by Lloyd E Berry

Rude and Barbarous Kingdom by Lloyd E Berry

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Provides edited accounts of six English voyagers and their experiences in Muscovy Russia between 1553 and 1600. With modernised spelling and presentation, these accounts are accompanied by a glossary of Russian terms, introductions of their authors, and annotations that help put the travellers’ narratives into perspective.

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Rude and Barbarous Kingdom by Lloyd E Berry

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 modernised spelling and presentation, these accounts are accompanied by a glossary of Russian terms, introductions of their authors, and annotations that help put the travellers' narratives into perspective.
Lloyd E. Berry was editor of The English Works of Giles Fletcher, the Elder and of John Stubb’s ”Gaping Gull” with Letters and Other Relevant Documents; he also compiled A Bibliography of Studies in Metaphysical Poetry, 1939-1960. He was professor of English at the University of Illinois, USA.

Robert O. Crummey is professor emeritus of history at the University of California-Davis. He is the author of Old Believers in a Changing World, The Old Believers and the World of the Antichrist: The Vyg Community and the Russian State, 1694-1855 and Aristocrats and Servitors: The Boyer Elite in Russia, 1613-1689.
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ISBN 13 9780299047641
ISBN 10 0299047644
Title Rude and Barbarous Kingdom
Author Lloyd E Berry
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Year published 2012-06-30
Number of pages 414
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.