Research Catalog

Title

Ivan the Terrible / Andrei Pavlov and Maureen Perrie.

Author

Pavlov, A. P. (Andreĭ Pavlovich)

Publication

London : Pearson/Longman, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Perrie, Maureen, 1946-

Description

ix, 234 p. : ill., maps; 21 cm.

Summary

"Primarily chronological, the book focuses on three main aspects of Ivan's power: the territorial expansion of the state; the mythology, rituals and symbols of monarchy; and the development of the autocratic system of rule."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Profiles in power

Uniform Title

Profiles in power (London, England)

Subject

• Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584
• 1533-1584
• Russia > History > Ivan IV, 1533-1584
• Russia > Kings and rulers > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-219) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ivan's Inheritance -- The Young Ruler -- The minority of Ivan IV -- Coronation, marriage and the fall of the Glinskiis -- The Conquest of Kazan' and Astrakhan' -- Reformers and Reforms -- The reasons for reform -- Adashev and Sil'vestr -- The reforms of the 1550s -- From Consensus to Conflict -- The 'boyar revolt' of 1553 -- The power of the Muscovite ruler -- The beginning of the Livonian War and the dismissal of Adashev and Sil'vestr -- On the eve of the oprichnina terror -- The Introduction of the Oprichnina -- The tsar's departure from Moscow -- The decree on the oprichnina -- 'A strange institution': problems of interpretation -- Repression and Resettlement -- The first victims -- Attempts to reach a compromise -- The rout of the zemshchina opposition -- The land resettlements -- The Culmination of the Terror -- The devastation of Novgorod -- The executions in Moscow -- The abolition of the oprichnina -- After the Oprichnina -- The 'grand princely rule' of Simeon Bekbulatovich -- The end of the Livonian War -- The last years of Ivan's reign -- The consequences of the oprichnina and post-oprichnina regimes.

ISBN

058209948X

OCLC

• 52143420
• SCSB-10994037

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library