God, Tsar, and People: The Political Culture of Early Modern Russia

God, Tsar, and People brings together in one volume essays written over a period of fifty years, using a wide variety of evidence-texts, icons, architecture, and ritual-to reveal how early modern Russians (1450-1700) imagined their rapidly changing political world.This volume presents a more nuanced...

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Main Author: Rowland, Daniel 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2020]
Series:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Online Access:DE-706
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Summary:God, Tsar, and People brings together in one volume essays written over a period of fifty years, using a wide variety of evidence-texts, icons, architecture, and ritual-to reveal how early modern Russians (1450-1700) imagined their rapidly changing political world.This volume presents a more nuanced picture of Russian political thought during the two centuries before Peter the Great came to power than is typically available. The state was expanding at a dizzying rate, and atop Russia's traditional political structure sat a ruler who supposedly reflected God's will. The problem facing Russians was that actual rulers seldom-or never-exhibited the required perfection. Daniel Rowland argues that this contradictory set of ideas was far less autocratic in both theory and practice than modern stereotypes would have us believe. In comparing and contrasting Russian history with that of Western European states, Rowland is also questioning the notion that Russia has always been, and always viewed itself as, an authoritarian country. God, Tsar, and People explores how the Russian state in this period kept its vast lands and diverse subjects united in a common view of a Christian polity, defending its long frontier against powerful enemies from the East and from the West
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (420 pages) 47 b&w halftones, 14 b&w line drawings, 1 chart
ISBN:9781501752117
DOI:10.1515/9781501752117

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